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Reformation History
This Video Series introduces the history and main topics of the Reformation. The Reformation is one of the most significant development in the history of Europe and the church in the west. Follow us as we explore the Reformation history and focus on the forces and conditions that drove Martin Luther and the Reformers to develop a new theology that would split the church, send Germany into civil war an social chaos and eventually usher in modernity. To see the…
Here I stand I can do no other.
Here I stand I can do no other. “Hier stehe ich und kann nicht anders,” said Martin Luther at the diet of Worms in 1521. “Here I stand I can do no other.” Luther has caused quite an uproar in the empire with his rebellious writings. The foundations of the status quo started to crack everywhere as sedition and rebellion festered throughout the empire. Revolt was in the air. Seditious princes smelled delicious opportunities to advance themselves by backing the…
The Cleaning Power of Fire
The Cleaning Power of Fire. Luther burns the papal bull; the pope returns the favour and burns Luther’s books. The relationship between Luther and church leaves the realm of academic, theological argumentation and enters the dangerous territory of power politics. If some monk challenges the authority of pope and church, what do you think all those power-hungry princes will do to the finely tuned structure of the Holy Roman Empire? If the pope can’t control a measly German monk, the…