User talk:Jackturner3

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Contents 1 Lutheran Calendar of Saints 2 Wikiproject Lutheranism: Seminaries 3 Leonhard Euler Assessment 4 O Sacred Head

[edit] Lutheran Calendar of Saints

Your comment about creating separate pages for other Lutheran denominations makes sense, particularly considering that there is an existing precedent for separate liturgical calendars for the various churches of the Anglican communion. As I find information on the various other claendars that is available in English, which is unfortunately about the only language I can read well, I will try to create them as separate pages, except possibly in such cases as the claendars might have only minimal data. John Carter 16:49, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Lutheranism: Seminaries

Jack, any particular reason that you rated LTSG as high importance and LTSP as mid-importance? I would think that all ELCA seminaries would have the same priority. Also, I'm not so sure about the ratings involved; level of detail is much greater for LTSP than LTSG, which seems more like a stub. Anyway, shoot me a message and help me figure out the importance ratings that you put in. --Apostlemep12 13:46, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

No worries. I appreciate the explanation--that's the only logical justification I could have seen, but I wanted to make sure it was clear. You have any ideas about how we can motivate folks to improve these pages? I can do more work on LTSG and LTSP but don't have much background to work on the others.--Apostlemep12 14:00, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Leonhard Euler Assessment

Why did you revert my assessment of Leonhard Euler? I can see no significant contribution he has made to Lutheranism, so why Euler is certainly significant to mathematics, I fail to understand how he is of any specific significance to Lutheranism. An expliantion of your reasoning would be most appreciated. jackturner3 19:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I'm so sorry. I accidentally pressed the [rollback] button and thought I had stopped the browser before the revert went through. I've reverted myself back to your version. —METS501 (talk) 19:32, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] O Sacred Head

It's Lutheran in the sense that it was written by one of the greatest Lutheran hymnists -- Paul Gerhardt, is in every Lutheran hymnal I know of (hymnologists call is a part of the liederkern; kind of a canon of hymns that make a hymnal Lutheran), it is popular in my circles and is also popular beyond Lutheranism, as you have said. It is as much Lutheran as Luther's less famed hymns (think of "From Heaven Above," "Come Holy Ghost, God and Lord," etc.) This hymn has more of an association with Lutheranism than some of the politians we've listed in the project. That's why I tagged it in the first place. Oh, if it matters at all, this hymn is popular in my circles. It wouldn't seem lent if it wasn't sung here. Does that help?--CTSWyneken^(talk) 18:53, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps, although I'm knee deep in a few articles at the moment. The point behind the flag, at least in my book, is that it calls the attention of our folk to it and thus to get the Lutheran aspect enhanced by a few hands. --CTSWyneken^(talk) 19:07, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

I've been hovering between mid and low. It is, after all, only a hymn, but on the other hand, it is an important one. Whatever you settle on is fine with me. --CTSWyneken^(talk) 20:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC)