Lutheran dogs
February 24th, 2007
A funny Martin Luther story, from “The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World,” a new book by Stephen Nichols:
He liked to recall a story of a burial of a Roman Catholic priest. As the body lay in the grave, those attending the service set down the holy water, which was to be poured into the grave. A dog happened by and did what dogs do into the bowl. Luther then delivered the punchline: “Even the dogs are becoming Lutheran.”
I’ll have more to write about this book in a few days.