Maccabbees Thrown Out
📜 .... AND WHY THEY 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 IT ALTOGETHER Among the most revealing moments in the early years of the Protestant revolt is the Leipzig Debate of 1519 between Martin Luther and the Catholic theologian Johann Eck. This decisive debate exposed a deep weakness in Luther’s new theology: it did not agree with the historic biblical canon used by the Apostles and preserved by the Church. 🔹 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐳𝐢𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 During the debate, Johann Eck defended the Catholic doctrines of purgatory and prayers for the dead. To support his argument, he appealed directly to Scripture—specifically 2 Maccabees 12:43–46, which explicitly describes prayers and sacrifices offered for the souls of the dead so they may be purified from sin. Luther was instantly trapped... ⚠️If Maccabees is Scripture, then prayer for the dead and purgatory are biblical. ⚠️Because he was eager to deny purgatory, he had to deny Maccabees... and ...
