Lord, keep us steadfast in Thy Word;
And curb the murderous pope and Turk
Who'd wrest the kingdom from Thy Son
And set at naught all He hath done.
Luther's original words have been changed for the delicate. Above is an English version.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Original Words - Lord, Keep Us Steadfast:
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Lord, keep us steadfast in Thy Word;
And curb the murderous pope and Turk
Who'd wrest the kingdom from Thy Son
And set at naught all He hath done.
Luther's original words have been changed for the delicate. Above is an English version.
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Question: Were the words changed after the Turks were no longer the threat they were in Luther's time? Time to put them back in?
When I heard "deceit or sword" in the modern version, I thought of the Vatican and Islam anyways.
Even the Vatican bank is virtually immune form lawsuits and prosecution:
Vatican Bank faces money-laundering probe
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/21/vatican.bank.investigation/index.html
excerpt: It is not entirely clear how much legal authority Italian officials have over the Vatican Bank, since the Vatican is technically a sovereign state.
An effort by Holocaust survivors to sue the Vatican Bank in the United States failed in 2009 when a U.S. court ruled that the Vatican Bank had "sovereign immunity" and was not subject to lawsuits filed in the United States.
What do you think of the production company the Salty Earth Pictures? I found a YouTube channel that is a bit suspicious. Is my suspicion well-founded? (Apparently this company has connections to the WELS.) Be sure to check out "A Word for Women." (It comes dangerously close to a woman doing pastor-like work, unless it actually is pastor-like work.) This is the fishiest set of videos that I have seen; the fishiest has the title "What is your Personal Ministry." Isn't that some sort of Church Growth buzz-phrase?
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