Martin Luther's 10 Sickest Burns


In  honor of Reformation Day (which was yesterday), I think we all need to pause and remember Martin Luther as not just the great Protestant Reformer that he was but also as the master of the hard-core insult.

For your viewing pleasure, RELEVANT Magazine collected ten of Luther's sickest burns. These I point you toward.

Happy November 1st!

"Martin Luther: Church reformer. Prolific theologian. Craft beer enthusiast. World-class insult artist.

That’s right, if you ideologically crossed this church father, you might have found yourself on the wrong side of a carefully worded barb involving donkey farts or cobweb trousers. (It’s probably a good thing they didn’t have Twitter back then, because Luther doesn’t strike us as the type who would have much patience for trolls.)

Thanks to this insult generator meme—which randomly spits out one of hundreds of stinging quips found in Luther’s writings—the reformer’s sickest burns recently went viral. We’ve parsed through the list to find 10 of the best (or, rather, worst) insults Martin Luther ever penned."


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