From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 17:30:36 -0400, William Hyde    
   wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   That wouldn't have been the Prince-Elector in whose principality he   
   lived, would it?   
      
   >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.   
      
   If we are still talking Henry VIII, I believe Henry was citing a   
   statement in the Bible and Luther felt he was doing so incorrectly.   
      
   >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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