On October 31, 1517, legend has it that the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation.
In his theses, Luther condemned the excesses and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the papal practice of asking payment—called “indulgences”—for the forgiveness of sins. At the time, a Dominican priest named Johann Tetzel, commissioned by the Archbishop of Mainz and Pope Leo X, was in the midst of a major fundraising campaign in Germany to finance the renovation of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Though Prince Frederick III the Wise had banned the sale of indulgences in Wittenberg, many church members traveled to purchase them. When they returned, they showed the pardons they had bought to Luther, claiming they no longer had to repent for their sins.
Luther’s frustration with this practice led him to write the 95 Theses, which were quickly snapped up, translated from Latin into German and distributed widely. A copy made its way to Rome, and efforts began to convince Luther to change his tune. He refused to keep silent, however, and in 1521 Pope Leo X formally excommunicated Luther from the Catholic Church. That same year, Luther again refused to recant his writings before the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of Germany, who issued the famous Edict of Worms declaring Luther an outlaw and a heretic and giving permission for anyone to kill him without consequence. Protected by Prince Frederick, Luther began working on a German translation of the Bible, a task that took 10 years to complete.
The term “Protestant” first appeared in 1529, when Charles V revoked a provision that allowed the ruler of each German state to choose whether they would enforce the Edict of Worms. A number of princes and other supporters of Luther issued a protest, declaring that their allegiance to God trumped their allegiance to the emperor. They became known to their opponents as Protestants; gradually this name came to apply to all who believed the Church should be reformed, even those outside Germany. By the time Luther died, of natural causes, in 1546, his revolutionary beliefs had formed the basis for the Protestant Reformation, which would over the next three centuries revolutionize Western civilization.
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Jesuits.
When Korah, in Numbers 16, chastised Moses and Aaron, he had some good points. Aaron had sinned, even making the golden calf. In a similar way, Luther made some good points.
Catholic Dr. E Michael Jones doesn’t have much good to say about Martin Luther, describing him as a man of excess – mostly drink and physical pleasures. (Read his excellent “Libido Dominandi” for more.) Either way, the man changed history. What’s funny is how many people who claim to be Lutheran and don’t even know that Luther wrote an essay called “On the Jews and their Lies.”
So he wasn’t all bad.
The 7 letters to the 7 churches is an outline of church history. The perversion happened at Pergamon referring to what the Pope and Constantine did in 325 AD etc. The Reformation refers to Sardis and fell far short from what God all wanted to restore..
Before Luther, people hardly had a chance to read the Bible for themselves and learn. Today we have an abundance of Bibles around and still few read it. Thus we have thousands of of denominations with hundreds of man made rules practicing religion without any relationship to YeHoVaH.
Very sad.
P.S. I was born in the town of Worms where Luther stood trial.
Jews via finance and the printing press literally created the overthrow of the Christian church or Protestantism as we now know it and Luther was their tool. Out of one church , tens of thousand of splinter denominations where created by opportunistic charlatans . What once was sound doctrine established by church council over 1500 years became open to interpretation by individuals looking to establish their own special brand of the Christian faith even if it led to the mass murder of other Christians in the process.
To understand the process which led to this bold revolutionary act against the established church , one needs to understand who profits from the destruction of Christian hegemony . Cui bono
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How about the Eastern Orthodox Church? How do they fit into your ideas?
The Orthodox have maintained valid apostolic-episcopal succession and therefore have valid sacraments. The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches (“true churches” like the Copts) agree on almost all doctrine with the exception of the filioque and the primacy of the bishop of Rome. Catholics say the Orthodox are schismatics, and the Orthodox say the Catholics are the schismatics. The claim that the Orthodox have maintained the same unwavering dogma and doctrine is refuted, though, by the fact that the Orthodox- who split off in the Great Schism in 1054 – had previously recognized as valid the Fourth Council of Constantinople, which formally asserted the primacy of the bishop of Rome.
Hi Flash….
On my mother’s side, they were Lutherans for nearly two hundred years, from before my ancestors moved to this country from Germany. I have recently left the membership of the Lutheran-Missouri Synod because of a huge difference in doctrine. Doctrine I discovered by reading the scriptures for myself….and they tell me there is ONE mediator between God and man………and that mediator is NOT a pope.
…..”For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.”
I Tim. 2:3-6
The info in the video I would agree with, except the very last of it: “…..and this one church, to which people must belong to be saved, will exist to the end of time”. (I have not read the books you referenced)
I don’t wish to ‘debate’ the issue, but could post as many articles/books (written by men) that counter any that you may post…..such is the nature of ‘religion’……
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
Paul is the man chosen to minister to the gentiles. I believe Luther could have been named Sam Sausage, because God determined to bring His Word to each individual:
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
annuit coeptis novus ordo seclorum
This current pope is pushing for a one world religion. Interesting to note is the declaration that “the reformation is over” back in 2014:
The charlatan Kenneth Copeland. The bishop Palmer (Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches):
https://www.charismanews.com/us/44726-bishop-tony-palmer-champion-of-unity-dies-in-motorcycle-accident
ML discovers the book of Romans. Cognitive dissonance ensues. A good thing.
Mornin, GCP…
These look interesting, and just beginning the first one, the speaker is going to be decent to listen to.
(If the talk doesn’t flow well, no matter what the subject, I don’t have the ability to stay focused it seems)
This weather not so good for ice cream sales, huh?
annuit coeptis novus ordo seclorum……
It got cold in DFW. Rainy too… it’s the combination that keeps people at home. I’ll take the cold by itself. People love ice cream… mine has the added benefit of a little warming booze in it!
Entering month four and things look good so far. Ask me again in February and I might be singing a different tune. But then again spring will be right around the corner… ?
Hope you are well!
Not only a revolutionary Christian leader but a fine songwriter too: