What's actually happening in the Reformation is no less dark. It's still celebrating sin, only now it's the sin of schism. It's less spooky, maybe, but it's not less sinful. Thesis number 25 says that the power, which the Pope has in general over purgatory, corresponds to the power which any bishop or curate has in a particular way in his own diocese and parish. I don't know of a lot of Protestants who would

agree with that. If you're imagining this is going to look or read anything like a Protestant

theology textbook or anything like what you'd get in a Protestant church, you are wildly mistaken.

Welcome back to James Popery. I'm Joe Heschmire. And tomorrow, some Christians are going to

celebrate a holiday that other Christians are afraid is not

acceptable to celebrate. And the reason has to do with this question of whether it has evil origins or

not. I mean, of course, Reformation Day. So for those of you who may not be familiar with it,

obviously for most normal people, tomorrow is Halloween. But there are some people, some Christians even,

who say we shouldn't be celebrating Halloween. And so either in addition to Halloween or instead

of Halloween, they'll also celebrate something they call Reformation Day, honoring the anniversary

of the Protestant Reformation. And as a non-Protestant, I find this kind of of funny and I find this sort of ironic, sometimes ironic

in a lighthearted, fun way, and sometimes ironic in a sad way. And I want to cover both of those

extremes with you. So these are five things that I find ironic about Reformation Day. Your mileage

may vary. These may not all be five things you do. These are just five things I've seen

that I thought noteworthy. The first one is Calvinist Graven Images. Now, this is what actually got

this list started all the way back in 2011. Danny Burke and Timothy Paul Jones were promoting

these John Calvin Jackalanta templates that you could carve your pumpkin to look like John Calvin.

And Burke thought it was like one of the funniest things I'd ever seen.

And I was really struck by the fact that it is literally a graven image.

I mean, it's very hard to have a form of image making these days that uses actual engraving for an ordinary

person. Like, if you think about all the art you've ever made, things like crayons, markers, pencils,

et cetera, you're not really engraving. But with carving a jack-and-lantern, you are. And this

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