This is one of the all-time funniest BBC articles I’ve ever seen. Those Brits sure know how to make history entertaining. It seems they have finally unearthed where it was the founder of Lutheranism took a shit- or rather tried to take a shit…

Luther is quoted as saying he was “in cloaca”, or in the sewer, when he was inspired to argue that salvation is granted because of faith, not deeds.

… Luther left a candid catalogue of his battle with constipation but despite this wealth of information, certain key details remain obscure - such as what the great reformer may have used in place of toilet paper.

I, for one, think he probably just relied on the word of god to keep him clean.
[via anti-everything]