Holy Mother Church wanted more cash, so she was selling forgiveness of sin to build one more church - the shockingly ugly St. Peter's in Rome.
Today is remembered as the turning point in history, when Luther objected to sale of indulgences with his 95 Theses. He might have been another Savonarola, largely forgotten for daring to defy Rome, but the newly invented printing press and hunger for the Gospel fueled a revolt against Holy Father Antichrist.
The gap between Rome and the Scriptures became too great to be explained away to people who could read and study the Word of God.
The wealth and armed power of the papacy could not withstand the efficacy of the Word. Like the Roman Empire it replaced, the Church of Rome was knocked into the dustbin by the Gospel. The massive remnants are still visible, to fill the ignorant with awe, but the Church of Rome is a corpse compared to its glory days.
The Synodical Conference must miss Rome, because the same corruption of doctrine and character has been imitated with obsessive devotion.
The Lutheran Tetzels sell indulgences to wealthy adulterers like Marvin Schwan. The high profile SynCon leaders are men who took this guilt-money from Schwan to make themselves look good.
- Look at all our Marvin Schwan buildings.
- Look at all our Marvin Schwan projects.
- Look at all our Marvin Schwan clergy jobs.
Above the evil fruit rotting on the ground is the corrupt tree of false doctrine. The SynCon Lutherans of today cannot stand Luther's Biblical doctrine.
- They despise justification by faith, excommunicating those who teach it.
- They cannot discuss the efficacy of the Word, the Means of Grace, or the Holy Spirit's work in the Word..
- They venerate Martin Stephan's pimp and enforcer as a saint, the Great Kidnapper Walther, gathering around statues of the Pietist to murmur, "You made us what we are today."
Weeds look like productive plants at first, perhaps to remind us about the nature of false teachers. When a weed matures and fruits, its seed is obvious evil. The tomato-mimic (woody nightshade) produces a poison berry after blooming with a delicate flower.
UOJ has produced a Lutheran editor, Herman Otten, who sells an anti-Luther book, The "Facts" about Luther, as part of his Reformation special. Why not sell books on atheism as well?
An editor of Concordia Publishing House, named after the Book of Concord, promotes Roman Catholicism by regularly featuring articles--verbatim--from the Catholic Encyclopedia, and even posts a painting of St. Bernard receiving the miraculous lactation of the Virgin Mary.
What is the main difference between the Purple Palace of the LCMS and the Vatican? Answer - the Purple Palace has more Roman Catholics employed there.
The Epic Fail of Paul McCain
