Kristen

Note: I think I made it sound like Martin Luther was deliberately disrespectful to the virgin martyrs. I did not mean to imply that– merely that he worked to correct the over-emphasis on virginity, which (eventually) resulted in Protestant churches not really honoring virginity at all. (I don’t think the topic of honoring “saints” is one that should be addressed in this thread, lest it derail the whole topic.)