A tale of two whores: Dante, Luther and the Pope
I am preparing an introductory talk on Dante's radicalism and I thought I would seize on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation to offer a brief reflection on one of the hot issues in both Dante's work and Luther's ministry: the Papacy as the whore of Babylon, the prostitute enslaving the Church.
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Luther's vituperation against the papacy is well-known. …
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