The door of the church at Wittenburg was very much like a public "bulletin board" at a modern community center or post office. Doctor Luther's "pounding his notice publically to the church door" was not some unusual act of defiance, but merely the posting of a notice by a seminary professor requesting debate on those issues. Just say'n. It was an in-house notice requesting debate. Completely appropriate for the time and circumstances.

Not that this fact in any way diminishes your argument at all, Barry. It's just that I hear that twist on the story from time to time and I don't wish to have one of my heroes misunderstood. smile

-R