Thanks for Being So Clear, Ratzinger

"I say, then, neither pope, nor bishop, nor any man whatever has the right of making one syllable binding on a Christian man, unless it be done with his own consent. Whatever is done otherwise is done in the spirit of tyranny...I cry aloud on behalf of liberty and conscience, and I proclaim with confidence that no kind of law can with any justice be imposed on Christians, except so far as they themselves will; for we are free from all."

- Martin Luther

I am so encouraged that Ratzinger is re-affirming the distinction between Rome and the Reformation. Perhaps those of the Reformation tradition will arise out of their slumber, condemn the Joint Declaration on Justification, and once again fill the churches with shouts of justification by faith alone. Christianity is not about agreeing on morality or an aimless visible church unity. It is about the truth that grace ALONE through faith ALONE on account of Christ's merit ALONE saves. - DOB