From: wthyde1953@gmail.com   
      
   The Horny Goat wrote:   
   > On Sat, 4 Oct 2025 17:32:34 -0400, William Hyde    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> In 1522, when Henry was still married to Catherine, Luther published a   
   >> response to Henry (and Wolsey')s defense of Catholicism called "Against   
   >> Henry, King of the English".  In this he called Henry a "Wretched   
   >> scribbler", and "Pig, dolt and liar", which pretty much burned that   
   >> bridge.  Whatever he said about the marriages wouldn't change much.   
   >   
   > Didn't Luther say something to the effect that for Kings at least   
   > polygamy was better than divorce?   
      
   I at first thought this could not possibly be true, but you are correct.   
      
   Apparently Luther granted permission for a German prince to make a   
   polygamous marriage.  He believed that given the polygamous marriages in   
   the old testament, such could not be utterly forbidden.   
      
   Marcion could have set him straight (As AJP Taylor said, goak here).   
      
   As to divorce, I get the impression that he was even more reluctant to   
   allow it  than the Catholic Church.   
      
   Alas for Henry, even with Luther's, even with the Pope's support,   
   neither Catheron nor Anne would have accepted a co-wife.   
      
   Pistols at dawn would have been the least of it.   
      
      
   >> More was even more scabrous in his writings on Luther.  Usnet did not   
   >> invent flame wars.   
   >   
   > Neither did Luther and More (and many others - I've read what Zwingli   
   > though of Luther...)   
      
   That was a polite debate compared to More on Luther.   
      
   William Hyde   
      
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