Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

Will be posting a reminder of the Wakefield Doctrine’s AP/AS/SH¹ which is to commensurate² at 3:30pm tomorrow Thursday the 9th. You are all invited to call and join in the discussion.³ There will be a raffle⁴ and refreshments. And….and you may bring a blanket, in case you feel a need to napate at any point in the hour.

There are some who are advising me to ‘stop being so….weird/silly/funny’ in my approach to trying to present the Wakefield Doctrine to an increasingly larger audience. They suggest that, while it may be valid to have fun while trying to show people the benefits of this unique perspective, I am limiting my (potential) audience. To their credit, they did go to the effort to come up with an amusing example of what they meant: ‘Martin Luther never told jokes’⁵

So…those of you inclined to write Comments, speak of your opinion on this matter…( er  please.)

….

(no, don’t!)

….but
(come on! you’re doing so well with this so far….)

(…remember what Molly said and she’s right ya know)

(sigh)

1) Advanced Placement/ Afternoon Special/ Study Hour

2) a deliberate rogerian expression

3) …I forget^a

4) for a Wakefield Doctrine Official doctee, of course!

a) hey, it happens, gimme a break

5) Martin Luther:

Martin Luther (German: [ˈmaɐ̯tiːn ˈlʊtɐ]; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, former Catholic priest, professor of theology and seminal figure of a reform movement in sixteenth century Christianity, subsequently known as the Protestant Reformation. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God’s punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the Emperor.

Luther taught that salvation is not earned by good deeds but received only as a free gift of God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ as redeemer from sin. His theology challenged the authority of the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church by teaching that the Bible is the only source of divinely revealed knowledge and opposed sacerdotalism by considering all baptized Christians to be a holy priesthood. Those who identify with Luther’s teachings are called Lutherans.

His translation of the Bible into the vernacular (instead of Latin) made it more accessible, which had a tremendous impact on the church and on German culture. It fostered the development of a standard version of the German language, added several principles to the art of translation, and influenced the writing of an English translation, the King James Bible. His hymns influenced the development of singing in churches. His marriage to Katharina von Bora set a model for the practice of clerical marriage, allowing Protestant priests to marry. (courtesy of wikipedia.com  and them)