Ah, context. I wasn't aware of the backstory although now that you've mentioned it I do recall hearing something about it. Poor Webster. Death threats . . . wow. How very Christian of them.
Although I was sort of under the impression that the Eucharist was holy because Jesus said "this is my body." The Lateran Council didn't make that cracker holy, Jesus did. If I am recalling correctly, the Lateran Council was the first to label it transubstantiation, though. Not to mention his definition of Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus is a bit . . . off. But hell, Latin just sounds cool in an argument, doesn't it? Why mention that it actually means "there is no salvation outside the Church," and doesn't necessarily have to do with the Eucharist?
As for it being a tool to inflame mobs . . . fuck, anything that people feel strongly about is a tool to inflame mobs. So sure, they went off the deep end and made themselves look like ignorant assholes. I'm not going to disagree about that.
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Date: 2009-01-20 06:37 pm (UTC)Although I was sort of under the impression that the Eucharist was holy because Jesus said "this is my body." The Lateran Council didn't make that cracker holy, Jesus did. If I am recalling correctly, the Lateran Council was the first to label it transubstantiation, though. Not to mention his definition of Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus is a bit . . . off. But hell, Latin just sounds cool in an argument, doesn't it? Why mention that it actually means "there is no salvation outside the Church," and doesn't necessarily have to do with the Eucharist?
As for it being a tool to inflame mobs . . . fuck, anything that people feel strongly about is a tool to inflame mobs. So sure, they went off the deep end and made themselves look like ignorant assholes. I'm not going to disagree about that.
But I still think this dude is a dick. :)