“When Luther was a young man a distinguished Priest taught him that in order to understand the Bible; he must spend time in contemplation on John (The Gospel of John). Apparently the Priest spoke in a funny accent and Luther incorrectly thought the Priest had said he must spend time in constipation on the John, to fully understand the Bible. Thus Luther immediately stopped eating dietary fiber, fruits and vegetables and strictly ate a diet consisting of worms. After years of constipation on the John, Luther finally had bowel movement and out came his 95 feces.” Excerpt taken from The Seat of the Reformation (Sloan, Eric R. GA: Puns and satire, Catholic Pun Publishing, 2004).

I guess worms aren’t a significant source of fiber.

Martin Luther gives new meaning to spending a lot of time contemplating on “John”.

Have your fun, but the schism occured for other reasons:
The Church, taking the long view, took to long to repudiate nominalism, which led to the Utraquist wars in Bohemia and Moravia, and then a hundred years later, to the Reformation. The other major factor was the corruption in the Roman curia during this era.
And then you have the political issues: Czek biships and theologians being realists, and German bishops being nominalists, and also being the oppressor group in the region. A hundred years later, the whole matter got caught up in internal Holy Roman Empire politics.
Even so, if the key figures on both sides had had more sanctified characters, there might have only been a Catholic Reformation, with not only the reforms of Trent, but also of later councils, including VII, being present. (Jan Hus and the Utraquists were basically VII conciliar (as opposed to 'spirit of') in their beliefs, 600 years too soon for it to go over well)
Imagine if Hus and Jerome of Prague hadn't been criminally executed without a hearing in spite of passes of safe conduct? Imagine if Melancton had met with Cajetan -at the very beginning-.

More on this scheduled to go up Wednesday.

Actually, it seems Martin Luther never made such an illustration. I think it's just urban legend.
Amazing. I tried a quick google and yes, I could not find anyone quoting a source. Everyone simply says Luther said so and so.

Flush all of the Tradition down the drain :)
(This is me :P)

From BobCatholic at Steve Ray's board:
Give new meaning to "Justification by flush alone"

"Just want to be the first to comment on the obvious connection with his 'dungheap' illustration of justification."
Actually, it seems Martin Luther never made such an illustration. I think it's just urban legend.
At least, I've never seen it documented.

priceless...

Rap! Rap! Rap!
"Hey Marty, what are you doing?"
"These are my 95 Thesis."
"Oh. Where did you pull those out of?"

Rap! Rap! Rap!
"Hey Marty, what are you doing?"
"These are my 95 Thesis."
"Oh. Where did you pull those out of?"

It says its where he spent hours during constep....ooops I mean contemplation.

Just want to be the first to comment on the obvious connection with his 'dungheap' illustration of justification.
My partners in crime at the Arts and Faith board (all Protestants, nearly) have been cutting up with remarks about Luther "causing a stink" with his "95 Feces," and this being what you expect with a "diet of worms," wakka wakka wakka. But I still like the Telegraph's "Seat of the Reformation" headline the best.

Just want to be the first to comment on the obvious connection with his 'dungheap' illustration of justification.

Headline in the Telegraph:
The Seat of the Reformation

funny news though...

OW! your pun physically hurt my eyes.