Vatican Issues Stamp featuring Martin Luther

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anna said:
I do not believe for one minute that the Vatican would issue such a stamp. I am trying to find where this stamp came from. and will get back.
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According to the Vatican City State official website, they are issuing such a stamp.

Go to the list of stamps and see #16 in the list.
 
dshix said:
If this is true… God have mercy, for the scandal that is caused. Whoever is responsible will have a great deal to answer for.
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Maybe we could actually see what the stamp looks like before passing judgement? Maybe? Perhaps?
 
If that is the stamp they issue, then that truly is bizarre. I hope not.

Someone used questionable judgment.
 
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The image posted at the top of this thread is also on Zenit and Rorate Caeli. Fairly certain that’s the stamp.
 
I’m not sure what you mean, since the image itself is in this thread.
But regardless of the image itself, the fact that the Vatican would create a stamp to honor a heresiarch is nothing short of scandalous. And I mean that in the moral sense of the word, not the colloquial sense.
 
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dshix said:
I’m not sure what you mean, since the image itself is in this thread.

But regardless of the image itself, the fact that the Vatican would create a stamp to honor a heresiarch is nothing short of scandalous. And I mean that in the moral sense of the word, not the colloquial sense.
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I might could see commemorating the date with something like the signing of the Joint Declaration, an event that is moving forward.
 
dshix said:
I’m not sure what you mean, since the image itself is in this thread.
But regardless of the image itself, the fact that the Vatican would create a stamp to honor a heresiarch is nothing short of scandalous. And I mean that in the moral sense of the word, not the colloquial sense.
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Yes, there is some image of some stamp in this thread.

There is no image on the Vatican Post Office official website.

All we know for certain is that there will be SOME stamp.

Can we not wait to see what that stamp looks like before passing judgement?

Is that really too much to expect?

How can you be so certain that the stamp “honors” Luther if you haven’t seen what it looks like?

Now, to be frank here, I’m not happy about it myself. I agree that the very idea of a stamp honoring Luther is troubling. The idea of it bothers me too.

But, still, I have not seen the stamp.

I think we should all approach this with some caution and wait to criticize the stamp until we actually know what it looks like, then make judgements about it according to its merit, or lack thereof.
 
Regardless of who/what is going to be on this stamp, it commemorates the protestant revolt.

Is that not reason enough to scratch one’s head in confusion?
 
If it is real, then by this standard of acceptance, Archbishop LeFebvre shines out in glaring holy brightness against the dark backdrop of this monk’s history.

I think a mass intention for A.B. LeFebvre should be said in the Vatican for the repose of his soul.
 
NuclearReceptor said:
Regardless of who/what is going to be on this stamp, it commemorates the protestant revolt.

Is that not reason enough to scratch one’s head in confusion?
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You mean the same revolt that led to the Council of Trent that some traditionalists are so fond of?

Hmm…
 
It is the end of a truly magnificent and splendid day in Europe, as the year-long commemoration for this 500th anniversary has reached its culmination.

I think back to where we were 50 years ago…and where we have come across these decade since, the many progresses that came with work week in and week out, month in and month out, year in and year out, decade in and decade out.

The incredible work of the Blessed Pope Paul VI, whom I have had the joy of seeing raised to the altars like his predecessor, the truly incredible Pope Saint John XXIII.

Pope Saint John Paul II, who acclaimed Martin Luther – during the 500th anniversary of his birth in 1983, which Rome and the Catholic world commemorated with our Lutheran sisters and brothers – as “Witness of Jesus Christ.” His encyclical Ut Unum Sint will remain one of the great milestones in ecumenical movement.

Pope Benedict’s very memorable visit as Pope to Erfurt and places associated with Martin Luther.

Last year’s joint commemoration in Sweden to open this year of observance.

The work of the American and German bishops with and under the Holy See, and most especially PCPCU, is worthy of the highest praise.

And then there is the work of so many who were giants in this field, called into service to advance the will of the Successor of Peter and the College of Bishops made manifest in Vatican II of blessed memory. There are the many tremendous accomplishments that they achieved…some still here to see and rejoice in these events while the others see it from eternity.

The stamp, which will soon be available to the lay faithful, is indeed a most lovely addition to what has been done in this anniversary year…but its real value is simply memorialising what has taken place throughout these last incredible 365 days and, it must be said, the years of preparation that went into this anniversary observance…most especially regarding From Conflict to Communion – all of which so many of the posters of “Catholic Answers Forum” seem quite oblivious…or outright reject to their own detriment.

Fortunately, such pitiable attitudes are very far from the thoughts and positions of the hierarchy. Thanks be to God.
 
" Lutherans and Catholics have wounded the visible unity of the Church. Theological differences were accompanied by prejudice and conflicts, and religion was instrumentalized for political ends. Our common faith in Jesus Christ and our baptism demand of us a daily conversion, by which we cast off the historical disagreements and conflicts that impede the ministry of reconciliation.”
 
Don_Ruggero said:
The stamp, which will soon be available to the lay faithful, is indeed a most lovely addition to what has been done in this anniversary year
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I still think a beer stamp would be better. (though I did get a chance to read Ut Unum Sint today.)
 
I don’t have anything against Lutherans, but I hope the progress being made is in the direction of them rejoining the Church at some point and not just happy clappy buddy stuff.
 
I think this thread has the potential to become a very protracted debate. I support ecumenical dialogue, as should all Catholics, but how we as Catholics go about entering into the dialogue leaves much room for interpretation. It seems like a fairly controversial topic in the Church. Your post does present an alternative perspective that needs to be taken into account.
 
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Like I said, I don’t mind commemorating, or even celebrating, the work that has been done. I am not fond as a Catholic for dwelling on the Reformation. All the focus of the anger has been focused on Martin Luther and what he did. What I dislike is dwelling on the sin of the Catholic Church of that time. I know St. John Paul and Pope Francis have already apologized, but I would rather focus on the present now.
 
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