Ironically, the Reformation resulted largely from Martin Luther calling the Church *back* to the sacred text (sola scriptura).
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was for Christianity more comparable to this situation for Islam. Whether it will register among Muslims and become an occasion for decapitations is yet to be seen. -----Original Message----- It's been a LOOOONG time since my last church history class....but I thought the Reformation and resulting schism that gave rise to the Protestant line of Christianity, was more in response to disputes over the papacy and the granting of indulgences, among other things.....? If there was scholarly dispute over the divinity of anything, it was the pope...i don't recall any similar dispute over sacred text???? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:250962 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
