[Magdalen] Piazza Martin Lutero.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I was at a choir retreat in Berchtesgaden back when Jack Davis was doing
the Protestant session. I stayed for the RCC session the following week. It
was very different. I was chatting with a priest during a break and Martin
Luther came up. The priest obviously thought quite highly of him, said he
was right about most of the things to which he objected.  However, after
that, my companion added, things got even worse! Interesting fellow.

Luther seems to have had some in the RCC who were favorable for some time.

And then there's Andy Greeley, God be good to him. I'm sure he approved of
some of Luther's work. Paul Moore said he was sure Greeley was actually an
Episcopalian. I would LOVE to have had a chance to hear what Greeley would
have said about that.  I wrote to him once, and got a thoughtful reply. The
poor apparatchiks in the RCC had no clue what to do with Andy. Maybe it's
not such a bad thing; his books are some of the best spiritual writing I've
ever read.

Get a copy of his delightful short stories in the volume entitled _All
About Women_.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:22 AM, M J [Mike] Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> Initiated by Roman Adventists?  Vatican has NOTHING to say???
>
> May we all live in interesting times.  Because we already do.
>
> *****
>
> Plaza in central Rome to be named in honor of Martin Luther
> Catholic World News - August 24, 2015
>
> City officials in Rome have approved plans to name a square for Martin
> Luther.
>
> On September 16, the city will formally name a square on the Viale
> Fortunato Mizzi, a few blocks from the Coliseum, as the Piazza Martin
> Lutero.
>
> The homage to Luther, coming on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation,
> was an initiative begun by the Seventh Day Adventist council in Rome.  The
> Vatican did not oppose the project.
>