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Article: The Protestant dilemma.(Jeremiah 31:7-9, Psalm 126, Hebrews 7:23-28, Mark 10:46-52)(Living by the Word)(Column)
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- The Christian Century
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- October 15, 1997
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Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalm 126; Hebrews 7:23-28; Mark 10:46-52.
Once upon a fairly recent time it was common knowledge, at least to Protestants, what a Protestant was. On the last Sunday in October Protestants gathered together to celebrate the fact that a Protestant was not a Roman Catholic. Reformation Sunday was meant to affirm the inheritance of a reformed and evangelical Protestantism, with a particular emphasis upon the contributions of Martin Luther. More often than not, however, it was an exercise in affirming the negative. Like the Pharisee in the story of the Pharisee and the Publican, we rejoiced that we were not like others--that is, like Catholics.