So did they merge Lutheran theology with Reformed theology or are the theologies kept separate but the reformed and Lutherans use the same church? Like I read about it and I canβt wrap my mind around how you could possibly merge the two theologies together and it be logically coherent.
The two most fearsome armies of the mid 19th Century duke it out. For those who don't know, the Union Army was the American army of the north that reigned victorious in the US Civil War. The Prussian Army was part of a confederation that grouped up and conquered Paris in the span of 4 months, a feat that wouldn't be replicated for another 70 years by the same Germans.
Round One: The American military right after the conclusion of the American Civil War is immediately sent to France right at the start of the Franco-Prussian War in place of the French Military. After taking a month to get acclimated, the Union fortifies and prepares to take on the German coalition. Prussia wins if it can conquer Paris. The American army wins if it can hold out for a year. Who wins?
Round two: The Prussians replace the Confederate military in 1861. The Union wins if they can conquer Richmond. The Prussians win if they can hold out for 5 years. Who will reign victorious?
Each side got 20k troops and are fully armed with the best weapons they got by the end of their respective war.
Location: All 3 armies got displaced to a neutral flat terrain, each army are 3km away from each other
round 1: No prep, they all think the others must be destroy, all commanders got a map of the battlefield. US: Ulysses S. Grant, Japan: Saigo Takamori, German: von Moltke
Round 2: now the year is late 1871, all get to prepare before they got displaced to the same battlefield. United States Army vs Imperial Japanese Army (Rikugun) vs Imperial German Army (Heer). Now each army is double the size of the previous round.
Who would win? The American with deadly rate of fire, the Japanese with fearsome morale and melee or the German with devastating artillery?
>The trouble with [the Church] in the past has been that we were too often allied or drawn into an alliance with the wrong side. Selfish employers of labor have flattered the Church by calling it the greatΒ conservativeΒ force, and then called upon it to act as aΒ policeΒ force while they paid but a pittance ofΒ wageΒ to those who work for them. I hope that day has gone by. Our place is beside the workingman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mundelein
so i have always taken issue with the fact that my hometown was named after a religious figure (separation of church and state) but recently did some research and learned that he was actually considered a liberal in his day; he was a supporter of roosevelt's new deal, etc.
idk if this was a common sentiment in the church but he was a highly respected cardinal so it can't have been that unpopular, though i guess it may have only been allowed by mundelein to placate chicago's strong union workforce.
contemporarily, the pope is, publicly at least, also pro-union, so mundelein's century-old views have certainly spread.
however, this sub knows all too well that working for churches is a nightmare. they do not respect workers rights and the church as a whole does very little direct-action to aid in gaining workers rights, especially internationally, even though it gets involved in many other political matters.
it seems to me that jesus was pro-worker, and the modern catholic church also claims to be pro-worker, so how can so many business-owners claim religion while not supporting strong workers rights? how can so many working-class religious folk vote against their own beliefs and self-interest?
i am not religious but cannot deny the influence that religion has. i think it would be wise to help educate believers about the history of the church and workers rights and help them to see the moral and ethical reasons for supporting unionization, etc.. they have as much to gain as anyone.
I see there is one in Ballymena, they have made something that is meant to be innocent and welcoming look like a medieval castle with a flag of war, the Church of Ireland is an all island set up so I don't understand why the union flag is on it, it is like sticking an Irish flag on a Royal Mail office.
