I saw a another doc on him . Supposedly he was so pious as a monk he was confessing so much for his sins that the head monk had to tell him calm down, you don't have to confess everytime you have a thought other than the mercy of god.
“From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor vision, nor angels, but to give me understanding of His word, the Holy Scripture; for as long as I have God’s Word, I know that I am walking in His way and that I shall not fall into any error or delusion.” Martin Luther
@@nonnayerbusiness7704 one million children molested later....Luther was a response to POLITICIANS in the church like Leo,"Innocent" and Julius who lost their way and SOLD indulgence entrances to heaven. BTW, where is that in the Bible? Catholics conveniently forget that Eastern Orthodox and Protestants are the result of their lost faith
He smuggled out many nuns and worked to marry them off. Kathrine turned out to be more difficult to find a husband for but they started to think that is was because they were meant for each other.
@@TimeToCheckReality I can't remember where I read it - and it might be my own speculation - but I have heard that she was set on marrying Martin from the start, so she either told suitors she wasn't interested or just acted unattractive.
He ironically didn't marry her for love. He married her to gain the approval of his elderly father and to give the Pope one more reason to hate his guts.
Interesting . I went to Catholic school I didn’t know who he was til college . I remember being so upset about it too. I told my class “sorry. I guess I lived under rock” 😂
@@titan133760 It's like you didn't read the comment you're replying to. Besides, he was highly important in Europe's history. Also, his antisemitism only developed much later in his life. He wasn't always antisemitic.
Gotta love Simon's presentation, when you consider his personal views on religion. Also, a video on Dietrich Bonhoeffer would be excellent. His work before and during the war is both interesting and inspirational.
Bonhoeffer was a strict traditional Lutheran pastor until he came up to Hitler and he then had to give up the Lutheran total allegiance to the worldly government and think about the role of a pastor in an evil world, aka, God forbid, "social gospel".
just a minor correction: if i remember correctly, at the time, the appropriate response to being excommunicated was not burning at the stake, it was for the person to be formerly outlawed by the emperor, stripping them of all rights, privileges and property. basically, at this point, anyone could have killed the man in the street, taken up residence in his home, claim ownership of all his belongings and all that without needing to fear punishment. this obviously would have been equivalent to a death sentence in most cases as an angry mob would quickly show up to do what angry mobs do with heretics who are not protected by the law, but in luthers case things were obviously different.
The remote castle is in Eisenach, a city in Thuringia. they do a grand holiday market where they give you a tour of the castle and even show you Martins writing room
There was a video on another channel with a lot of subscribers about Martin Luther from the Reformation that instead of having pictures of Martin Luther from the Reformation, they actually had images of Martin Luther King, Jr. of the Civil Rights movement. Yes, for real!
@@HistoryandHeadlines I'm afraid it sounds ludicrous anyone would confuse the two. And you know, one would be a painting & the other one a photograph given they lived 400 years apart. Unless it's a joke you missed. I couldn't found a video on Martin Luther on that channel but there was something on Martin Luther King jnt.
@@shakiMiki The video is from Aug 28, 2019 and is called "Respected Historical Figures Who Were Actually Terrible People". They get to Martin Luther at about four and a half minutes.
And I have the thought that it would be difficult and gross and dangerous to nail feces to the door of a church. Even if the church really deserved it. I mean, wear some goggles for that. Probably also a raincoat. And gloves. And maybe a bellacava? You know, just your basic PPE.
@@marcpeterson5115 I mean, really, there are stages. What you really want is feces that is slightly wet. Still nailable, but not yet crumbly. However, for ease of application, and maximum destruction, quite wet would be better because then you could just smear it all over the place. No nails required. Just gloves, and I guess a bucket. But really, gloves and a bucket are required at any stage of feces handling and transport. Sure, these days we've got latex or vinyl gloves, Ziploc baggies, and proper face coverings. Even our machine made nails are going to be driven in more smoothly than the nails of the past. But for your average 16th century monk, gloves and a bucket. At the very least. And, if you're really thinking ahead, somebody else's gloves. And then leave it all behind. You just don't need that $#!+ in your life.
Something that is always missing about Martin Luther's story is his strong facination in the Ethiopian Orthodox church and the important work of cleric Michael of Ethiopia to the reformation. He saw the church of Ethiopia as the dream that fully embodied the gospel message more robustly and faithfully. The influence of the Ethiopian church should be highlighted as it plays such a critical role in the reformation.
Other church history figures I think would be great would be John Calvin, Charles Spurgeon, Augustine (of course), Chrysostum, Jerome, and a whole host of others. So many great characters to look into. :)
A little over a year ago i found a random copy of Martin Luthers catechism in a rain overflow, normal wear and tear but no serious damage, and kept it. Very unique book and glad you've done this bio. Big fan of your research for topics, keep up the great work Simon, btw the beard is legendary
@@marcpeterson5115 power = indirectly rich. being pope is like being king and king have power and power = indirectly rich. take for example the guy in my profile picture, the rest is self explanatory i believe
My family came from Germany to America in the 1620's for this reason. They had become Lutherans and sought peace. From Penn colony to South Carolina to Texas. Been Southern since 1750. 400 years of American life here. Thanks to Martin Luther.
Thanks Simon and Team Biographics. Loved this video on Martin Luther! Love to see more videos on important Christians such as Francis of Assisi and Athanasius of Alexandria.
Indulgences were not get-out-of-jail-free cards they were a way for people to buy their relatives out of hell or themselves for sinning. And when Martin Luther found this out he knew that it was wrong according to the Bible. He was translating the Bible into German. He realized that we are saved by faith by grace it's a free gift from God. For the Forgiveness of your sins through Christ Jesus. Paying to get out of hell does not work.
It really kinda was a get out of jail card in a society where being excommunicated often meant ACTUAL death (and then an eternity in hell, or a stint in purgatory.) It was used - maybe initially that was the ONLY way it was supposed to be used - to buy forgiveness from God through the church to get out of situations whose consequences were both temporal and spiritual. It's of a species with the morality car wash a different pope offered for anyone who went to conquer the holy land in the Crusades.
@@adamr-97 Right, those in purgatory are already saved. Who said anything about hell. Liars or ignorant. Neither of which are a good position from which to condemn.
It is sad that Germany squandered Luther's legacy. He preached the pure gospel of Jesus Christ. It is incomprehensible that Merkel said: "Islam belongs to Germany"
Quite an irony that it was Catholic Holy League that fought and halted the Muslims in the Balkans. After scoring a string of devastating victories and at Lepanto that could have finished the Ottomans Empire, the reformation attacked the Holy League in the back ensuring their survival for nearly 400 years.
As I recall, according to Roland Bainton (I think), Luther did nail the theses to the church door, because the church door was the town bulletin board and the place where you posted such notices.
yeah, antisemitism aint so hot. but still, doesnt mean anyone should throw out the baby with the bath water. No one is perfect, and whataboutism isnt helpful for anything.
I've been waiting for this! Other religious leaders like John Calvin and Menno Simons. Also Beethoven when? 250th birthday! As always, awesome job Biographics
I love this! I was just going to suggest you start digging into church history because church history is a huge part of world history. Thank you for this!
@@janetgallacher7552 They've done more good for the world than evil. They established the first universities and hospitals in upper Europe. The Church didn't start corrupt; it became corrupt as more kings meddled with it.
@@promethium-145 okay so the church didnt kill thousands of people if they didnt have the same belief as them, they stole from us and still are, how is there so much wealth in the Vatican and so many Hungary people in the world. I believe in god but I dont need no Pope to tell me if I'm doing right, they will all get cast aside, holly father, there is only one of those and he is in heaven, like I said the catholic church has been living in a sin since the day the Roman's made it
@@janetgallacher7552 Yeah, I'm not a follower of the Pope, either. I'm just saying, the evils of the Catholic Church are sometimes exaggerated, mainly due to new atheist and internet misconceptions.
Nice job, as usual. I'm always a bit disappointed though when this one point is overlooked: the "other" identity of Pope Leo X, Luther's "principal Opponent". Leo X started life as Giovanni de' Medici - he was the second son of Lorenzo de' Medici. So even if he had not been Pope, he was a pretty Big Deal Economically and Politically at the time.
Martin Luther believed that Mary should be held in highest reverence, advocating the use of the first half of the Hail Mary (that is, "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.") as a sign of reverence for and devotion to the Virgin
Thank you for this video! I was literally searching for this because my next test involves him and your videos make me actually store this information. Thank you! Maybe a video on Charles V?
No se si alguien me entienda, pero sería interesante que los vídeos del canal estuviesen subtitulados en Español. Son bastantes ilustrativos, además de informativos.
I would argue that it’s more than just religious history - the reformation emphasis on “everyone should be able to read the Bible for themselves” was a major step in commonly-available education and literacy, which means that it was a major step leading to the Enlightenment and today’s secular society.
So i recently found out that my 13th great grandfather is Martin Luther, it’s interesting to know about someone and what they did before you know your related to them.
weird medival german art styles^^ like every medival painting looks kind of crappy but it still had to be so hard to draw, especially back in the days, but i sometimes ask myself if the artist looked at this and thought „ yes, this is what a normal human looks like“ 😂
@@ilarious5729 so true, literally every baby in an old painting in any museum here in germany looks like this. It‘s creepy as hell and damn weird, like why would you want a painting with a 45 year old demonic ass baby?😂 and i bet people payed good money for those middle-aged satanic manbabys....
@@TXNanna3prods, lad. They think the likes of Calvin and Luther knew better than the early church fathers 1,600 years before them, the Catholics, Orthodox and Apostolics originate. The reinterpretations of the Bible got significantly worse after them too .
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@@ryeryeryerye Yeah that is true really seeing as they ran most countries, either in front or behind closed doors. I mean look at the holy Roman Empire.
If it hadn't been the church it'd have been someone else. I'm not saying that they didn't do horrible things but I'd like to point out that many leaders of the day were already pretty savage in their rule, in some cases the church even intervened to stop bloodshed, I'm just saying that even without the church you'd still have mass murderers, they just would use a diffrent excuse.
@@brandonangstman they were but no one leader had the power of the pope and no other subject caused as much anger or division. Name one other leader who could have caused the crusaders just because they were unpopular and needed a way to distract from their issues at home.
@Three Emperors first Crusade happened in 1080s, the first Jihad or Muslim holy war started in the 700s. Spain was taken by Force, and the Muslim advance into Europe was only halted by Charles Martel in the battle of Tours 732. Spain was definitely justified in its “reconquista” of Christian lands which took nearly 700 years
@@itarry4 you could easily argue any hardline Islamic sultan, look at Brunei today, there are a handful of Islamic countries today that practice sharia law, where flogging, dismembering of limbs for theft, stoning for adulterers etc, are still practiced. There have been multiple popes throughout history that have suggested secularism, separation of church and state which is obviously the case today. You’d be hard pressed to find a Christian majority country today where religious leaders words are law, maybe Russia but that’s it.
Wasn't his, he was "just" a preacher, theologian and the head of the Prague university. When the fighting started, he was already dead. Woh exactly invented wagonburg isn't known, but the man who started to using it in a large scale was Jan Žižka, the never defeated leader of the Tabor fraction and later of the East Bohemian fraction of Hussites. The latter were some hardcore mofos, who after Žižka's death started called themselves the Orphans and scared even other hardliner Hussites. By the way, Žižka was a minor noble, who was probably cheated of his lands by the local superwealthy and powerful noble family, the Rosenbergs/Rožmberks. So he started fighting against them as a succesfull highwayman, and later he served as mercenary in POland during the wars against the Teutonic order.
@@richardaubrecht2822 That's right! Good on you. I read a little about him in 'The Iron Cavalry' by Ralph Zumbro. Quite an ingenious tactic for the time.
@@richardaubrecht2822 It's as if Zizka was trying to emulate the tactics used by Barbary pirates, just on land. I'd imagine the reaction that the Teutonic knights had to the wagonberg was the same that their distant descendants had to the tank during the Great War. Just sheer dread.
Well done, as always, thanks! One minor quibble - Luther did not ‘out of nowhere’ initiate the reformation. The revolution, if you will, against the corrupt Christian hierarchy had been building for centuries prior to Luther - both ordinary folks and a number of prominent leaders, such as Pierre Valdo, John Wyclif and Jan Hus, had previously inveighed strongly against the unscrupulous church elite. Luther published his 95 theses into highly fertile soil, i.e., the times were ripe for reform, and the reformation quickly bloomed, cementing his place in history. Luther’s success reminds me of the so called Reagan Revolution, which came about because Reagan spoke eloquently to pre-existing mass issues and concerns - he did not create these, rather, he rode those waves, and rather adroitly!
I went to Luther's birthplace and place of death in 2007: Eisleben. His house he was born in burned down in a fire long ago but there was a museum on the spot.
If you want to get into deeply interesting history regarding the Reformation then doing a Biographics on John of Leiden and the events of Münster would be fascinating. Of course you could just listen to James White's talks on the topic (which are substantial) but a short 20 minute video would also be a great rehash on stories that are stranger than fiction.
When will we get a video about a great entertainer Joseph Pujol - Le Petomane? The only artist who pays no author royalties. I think he really deserves it 😎
Ideas for next Videos Jan Hus Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia, Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia Wenceslas IV, King of Bohemia, Failed son of Charles IV
Holy cow, i just recently posted a comment on one of your 10000 other channel that it is hard keeping up with your channels. And lo and behold here is another!! You should have a landing page where one can find all your channels XD
Suggestion for a BIOGRPAHICS EPISODE of ; willem van oranje (William of Orange) is known as the founding father and hero of The Netherlands. he made his fame when he led the Dutch uprising against the rule of the Spanish Habsburgthe (The Spanish where in the Netherlands) , The uprise led to the 80-year war (in the Netherlands) (1568-1648) between the Dutch states and Spain There is a English page on wikipedia "William the Silent" that's his nickname.
We toured Wittenberg a few years ago: they have statues of him everywhere. Saw the famous door and everything. The castle he was sequestered in was the Wartburg. I guess after the Diet of Worms, he was ready for a Wartburger. While there, he was supposed to have had a vision of the Devil and thrown an inkwell at him/it. I remember it from college German: "Vor fier hundert Jahren, in diesem Zimmer, soll Luther einen Tintenfass an der Teufel geworfen haben." The inkwell went right through the Devil and broke against the wall; and they say the ink stain is there to this day. And I'll close with one of my Dad's favorite religious stories: Q: How do we know that Martin Luther wasn't a very good barbecue Chef? A: He burned the Papal Bull.
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Simon can you do a biography on yourself because it would be fun to see how to hear that you grow up
I saw a another doc on him . Supposedly he was so pious as a monk he was confessing so much for his sins that the head monk had to tell him calm down, you don't have to confess everytime you have a thought other than the mercy of god.
Simon, can you do a video on the honorable & venerable Fulton J. Sheen?! Please. His prophetic views are so important for todays time. : )
G'day Simon, love your videos. You should do a video on Abraham Lincoln. Keep up the great work during these hard times and be safe
Do a video about Kobe Bryant please!?!
“From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor vision, nor angels, but to give me understanding of His word, the Holy Scripture; for as long as I have God’s Word, I know that I am walking in His way and that I shall not fall into any error or delusion.”
Martin Luther
10,000 protestant denominations later...
@@nonnayerbusiness7704 Doesn't disprove it, though.
@@nonnayerbusiness7704 weak reply
@@nonnayerbusiness7704 one million children molested later....Luther was a response to POLITICIANS in the church like Leo,"Innocent" and Julius who lost their way and SOLD indulgence entrances to heaven. BTW, where is that in the Bible? Catholics conveniently forget that Eastern Orthodox and Protestants are the result of their lost faith
Like catholics are any better? "10,000 councils later".
All these councils have made the catholic church unrecognizable.
Ah, yes. Martin Luther. The man who's name was somehow missing from my catholic school history classes.
That's crazy he's so important :O
@@r_e046 YOU, my friend, have CLEARLY never attended a catholic school. 😉
Hahahaahah maybe look him up under heretics 😁
@@El_Otro_Jorge hahahaahah maybe shut up and let the grown ups talk Jorge.
@@r_e046 oof, learn to take a joke or please leave the internet
He didn’t just marry an ex-nun. He smuggled her out of the nunnery in a barrel of fish. Now that’s love! 😄
He smuggled out many nuns and worked to marry them off. Kathrine turned out to be more difficult to find a husband for but they started to think that is was because they were meant for each other.
@@TimeToCheckReality I can't remember where I read it - and it might be my own speculation - but I have heard that she was set on marrying Martin from the start, so she either told suitors she wasn't interested or just acted unattractive.
@@cliffordcrimson7124 And Luther put it off because he believed he might end up being executed.
Wonder what she smelled like after that! ☺
He ironically didn't marry her for love. He married her to gain the approval of his elderly father and to give the Pope one more reason to hate his guts.
1:20 - Chapter 1 - Storm of the century
5:00 - Chapter 2 - Sin & indulgence
8:25 - Mid roll ads
10:15 - Chapter 3 - Rebel, rebel
13:35 - Chapter 4 - Spinners and losers
17:15 - Chapter 5 - The diet of worms
20:40 - Chapter 6 - Reformation nation
Martin Luther to Catholicism: I rebel!
I just watch it all.
oh my God... its like listening any buddhist BS
I love these easily digestible bios of people I wanted to know more about. I'm a protestant myself but I never knew most of the things in this video.
Interesting . I went to Catholic school I didn’t know who he was til college .
I remember being so upset about it too. I told my class “sorry. I guess I lived under rock” 😂
I always thought it had something to do with Martin Luther JR 😂
Nice job! A good, honest biography of a man - who was fallible just like the rest of us.
What??? He was only human?!? ALL > i 🖖
He was beyond just fallible
He turned over protestants who disagreed with him over petty things like communion to the Catholic iniquisition.
@@theawesomeman9821 Not to mention the anti-semitism views he had later in his life
@@titan133760 It's like you didn't read the comment you're replying to. Besides, he was highly important in Europe's history. Also, his antisemitism only developed much later in his life. He wasn't always antisemitic.
Id love to see one on John Calvin
Yes,& Hobbs too!
Me too
YES
All of em. Tyndale, Huss, Zwingli, and the others. Perhaps a quikie with them all in chronological order.
And a video on Grand Rapids
Gotta love Simon's presentation, when you consider his personal views on religion. Also, a video on Dietrich Bonhoeffer would be excellent. His work before and during the war is both interesting and inspirational.
What personal views, may I ask?
I’m reading ethics right now!
@@aitanasahni48 He's not the biggest fan, allegedly.
@@lukezeiolf6977 I've only read passages but its definitely on my ever-growing list.
Bonhoeffer was a strict traditional Lutheran pastor until he came up to Hitler and he then had to give up the Lutheran total allegiance to the worldly government and think about the role of a pastor in an evil world, aka, God forbid, "social gospel".
just a minor correction:
if i remember correctly, at the time, the appropriate response to being excommunicated was not burning at the stake, it was for the person to be formerly outlawed by the emperor, stripping them of all rights, privileges and property.
basically, at this point, anyone could have killed the man in the street, taken up residence in his home, claim ownership of all his belongings and all that without needing to fear punishment.
this obviously would have been equivalent to a death sentence in most cases as an angry mob would quickly show up to do what angry mobs do with heretics who are not protected by the law, but in luthers case things were obviously different.
Don't meet many 520 year olds.
Unpersoned ("free as a bird"...to be shot and killed. You're effectively considered a pathogen.)
@@t.c.thompson2359 get out more, then
Yup! To be burned on the pyre required a guilty of heresy by trial. Granted those were mostly for appearance.
Even Joan of Arc had a "trial"
The remote castle is in Eisenach, a city in Thuringia. they do a grand holiday market where they give you a tour of the castle and even show you Martins writing room
"Here I stand, I can do no other."
I guess you didn't watch 19:26 lol
Dang the artists were unforgiving then
Ugly is ugly
That one dude selling the indulgences looks like a pug
Such a long time coming for this known man to have his story told...
"Stubbornly ungreat" Ah, you've spoken to my parents!
No need to be exceptional
When your watch mojo list ends up killing millions
Not related to Lex Luthor
Top tenz*
More like thousands..
@@ottson Yeah, these death tolls they use probably were pulled from thin air. They don't support themselves with evidence lol.
There was a video on another channel with a lot of subscribers about Martin Luther from the Reformation that instead of having pictures of Martin Luther from the Reformation, they actually had images of Martin Luther King, Jr. of the Civil Rights movement. Yes, for real!
Unless you provide a link, I call BS.
@@shakiMiki It was on a channel Facts Verse. I'm not sure if it's okay to link to another channel's videos in the comments here.
@@HistoryandHeadlines I'm afraid it sounds ludicrous anyone would confuse the two. And you know, one would be a painting & the other one a photograph given they lived 400 years apart. Unless it's a joke you missed. I couldn't found a video on Martin Luther on that channel but there was something on Martin Luther King jnt.
@@shakiMiki The video is from Aug 28, 2019 and is called "Respected Historical Figures Who Were Actually Terrible People". They get to Martin Luther at about four and a half minutes.
@@HistoryandHeadlines What's your explanation for what happened? If you don't think it was a joke.
“The thesis’s were everywhere” is that your way of saying that the “Sh1t hit the fan”????????.
thank-you. I thought it sounded a lot like feces.
And I have the thought that it would be difficult and gross and dangerous to nail feces to the door of a church. Even if the church really deserved it.
I mean, wear some goggles for that. Probably also a raincoat. And gloves. And maybe a bellacava?
You know, just your basic PPE.
@@camerashycoco Let's hope it was dry.
@@marcpeterson5115
I mean, really, there are stages. What you really want is feces that is slightly wet. Still nailable, but not yet crumbly.
However, for ease of application, and maximum destruction, quite wet would be better because then you could just smear it all over the place. No nails required. Just gloves, and I guess a bucket.
But really, gloves and a bucket are required at any stage of feces handling and transport. Sure, these days we've got latex or vinyl gloves, Ziploc baggies, and proper face coverings. Even our machine made nails are going to be driven in more smoothly than the nails of the past. But for your average 16th century monk, gloves and a bucket. At the very least. And, if you're really thinking ahead, somebody else's gloves.
And then leave it all behind. You just don't need that $#!+ in your life.
@@camerashycoco Wow! You have given this a lot of thought.
Something that is always missing about Martin Luther's story is his strong facination in the Ethiopian Orthodox church and the important work of cleric Michael of Ethiopia to the reformation. He saw the church of Ethiopia as the dream that fully embodied the gospel message more robustly and faithfully. The influence of the Ethiopian church should be highlighted as it plays such a critical role in the reformation.
It's quite funny that he thought he found a ally in the Orthodox churches but they said he was a heretic.
"Ding dong your religion is wrong"- Luther
Yep. Eff the prosperity gospel. Waves them off as they fight over the money here.
Other church history figures I think would be great would be John Calvin, Charles Spurgeon, Augustine (of course), Chrysostum, Jerome, and a whole host of others. So many great characters to look into. :)
Charles Spurgeon would be awesome
Do Frederick the Great please, he’s such an underrated historical figure
Hard to say a historical figure is underrated then they're christiend "the Great". Completely agree he needs a video though
A flute busting Prussian
@@jon-michaelharris5840 OLD FRITZ, OLD FRITZ
@Ty Vsd1337 Looks like he just didn’t der alte Fritz’s luck
@@lucas3918 Its true even he has the title the great a lot of people don't know about him
12th Great-grandson of Martin Luther here.
G'day!!! Your 12th Great Grandfather did some good mate!
No way😦😦really???
Hey great Genes!!
EPIC
I trust you share his faith in the all sufficiency of Jesus!
A little over a year ago i found a random copy of Martin Luthers catechism in a rain overflow, normal wear and tear but no serious damage, and kept it. Very unique book and glad you've done this bio. Big fan of your research for topics, keep up the great work Simon, btw the beard is legendary
This is one de the finest biographies by the host: measured and very interesting, he gives his audience a full portrait of Luther. Good for him.
Now I want a Jan hus bio
That would be fun!
4 ads AND 1 in the middle. Classy.
Edit: 5! ads. I missed the one at the start... just... wow...
@@ArcheologistLlama Really doesn't.
It's always about the money, whether business, government or religion, money is always there to be argued over... :P
Too simple. For some it's about power. For others it really is about religion.
@@marcpeterson5115 power = indirectly rich. being pope is like being king and king have power and power = indirectly rich. take for example the guy in my profile picture, the rest is self explanatory i believe
As the Apostle Paul himself said, money (i.e. greed) is the root of all evil
My family came from Germany to America in the 1620's for this reason.
They had become Lutherans and sought peace.
From Penn colony to South Carolina to Texas.
Been Southern since 1750.
400 years of American life here.
Thanks to Martin Luther.
My fellow history fanatics: Dan Carlin's "Prophet of Doom" goes great with this episode...
Thanks Simon and Team Biographics. Loved this video on Martin Luther! Love to see more videos on important Christians such as Francis of Assisi and Athanasius of Alexandria.
When your lines drop so hard it split the whole world forever
Europe not the world *
The world of Christendom was already split long before the reformation with the Orthodox and the Catholics
Yeah to those correcting this....its a.......joke
I'm learning about Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation in my theology class
Indulgences were not get-out-of-jail-free cards they were a way for people to buy their relatives out of hell or themselves for sinning. And when Martin Luther found this out he knew that it was wrong according to the Bible. He was translating the Bible into German. He realized that we are saved by faith by grace it's a free gift from God. For the Forgiveness of your sins through Christ Jesus. Paying to get out of hell does not work.
Seeing as they were literally paying for them I don’t think anyone is saying get-out-of-gaol-free. More like pay-to-get-out-early.
It really kinda was a get out of jail card in a society where being excommunicated often meant ACTUAL death (and then an eternity in hell, or a stint in purgatory.) It was used - maybe initially that was the ONLY way it was supposed to be used - to buy forgiveness from God through the church to get out of situations whose consequences were both temporal and spiritual. It's of a species with the morality car wash a different pope offered for anyone who went to conquer the holy land in the Crusades.
Who said indulgences got people out of hell? Do you even know what an indulgence is? Where do people get this stuff?
Indulgences are relieving the temporal punishment due to sins, which otherwise would need to be paid in purgatory.
@@adamr-97 Right, those in purgatory are already saved. Who said anything about hell. Liars or ignorant. Neither of which are a good position from which to condemn.
It is sad that Germany squandered Luther's legacy. He preached the pure gospel of Jesus Christ. It is incomprehensible that Merkel said: "Islam belongs to Germany"
Quite an irony that it was Catholic Holy League that fought and halted the Muslims in the Balkans. After scoring a string of devastating victories and at Lepanto that could have finished the Ottomans Empire, the reformation attacked the Holy League in the back ensuring their survival for nearly 400 years.
As I recall, according to Roland Bainton (I think), Luther did nail the theses to the church door, because the church door was the town bulletin board and the place where you posted such notices.
"Covet thy neighbour's arse"
When anglicizing the expression removes all ambiguity, even if the meaning is probably not the one intended.
Antisemitism.
If its a Catholic priest saying it, usually it means your neighbours choirboy's one.
But I mean, if I had that donkey I could get so much more work done...
@@--enyo-- just dont let it drink a love potion, it'll change into a horse, and any ogre you're in love with will be human
As a Lutheran I feel martin kinda went off the deep end in his later years,
No one's perfect ^^
yeah, antisemitism aint so hot.
but still, doesnt mean anyone should throw out the baby with the bath water. No one is perfect, and whataboutism isnt helpful for anything.
Yeah. And now, people are implying he was just a bad person. Talk about guilt by association fallacy.
Hell yeah he did.
Biography of Martin Luther, or, when the theses hits the fan!
I've been waiting for this! Other religious leaders like John Calvin and Menno Simons. Also Beethoven when? 250th birthday!
As always, awesome job Biographics
Haven't they done Beethoven. I'd have a search as I remember a Simon video about him for sure.
He's done Ludwig Von...
@@itarry4 actually they haven't
@@phantombeard6262 it's a today I found out one not biographics. Which is why I wasn't totally certain if they had or not.
The angels singing “sweeeet” is a great touch!
Hi Betty
how are you doing today?
I love this! I was just going to suggest you start digging into church history because church history is a huge part of world history. Thank you for this!
If you dig into the church they would be no ever ending of the corruption.
@@janetgallacher7552 They've done more good for the world than evil. They established the first universities and hospitals in upper Europe. The Church didn't start corrupt; it became corrupt as more kings meddled with it.
@@promethium-145 okay so the church didnt kill thousands of people if they didnt have the same belief as them, they stole from us and still are, how is there so much wealth in the Vatican and so many Hungary people in the world. I believe in god but I dont need no Pope to tell me if I'm doing right, they will all get cast aside, holly father, there is only one of those and he is in heaven, like I said the catholic church has been living in a sin since the day the Roman's made it
@@janetgallacher7552 Yeah, I'm not a follower of the Pope, either. I'm just saying, the evils of the Catholic Church are sometimes exaggerated, mainly due to new atheist and internet misconceptions.
Finally, i have been waiting for this.
"Just get on with it and die so we can remember you the way we want". Sums up history in general pretty well.
Could we get a video on Michel collins irish hero
That would be a great one
i would like to see this shown in schools i have learned more here then ever in school
Would be good to see a biographics on John Wesley founder of the methodist church but wasn't a methodist
I think George Whitefield has some claim to the name too.
Nice job, as usual. I'm always a bit disappointed though when this one point is overlooked: the "other" identity of Pope Leo X, Luther's "principal Opponent". Leo X started life as Giovanni de' Medici - he was the second son of Lorenzo de' Medici. So even if he had not been Pope, he was a pretty Big Deal Economically and Politically at the time.
ooooooh, didn't know that. thanks for that bit of information.
Fun fact
Martin Luther was one of the most often painted Germans in history.
Really ?
@@Dan-jp8jr
Yes
Martin Luther believed that Mary should be held in highest reverence, advocating the use of the first half of the Hail Mary (that is, "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.") as a sign of reverence for and devotion to the Virgin
Theotokos
Johann Tetzl: „Sobald das Geld im Kasten klingt, die Seele in den Himmel springt!“
As soon as coin in the coffer rigns a soul from purgatory springs
Luther also pushed for secular education for both boys and girls. A tradition that has helped the west as a whole and individuals.
@George Jungle lol why?
I would love to see an episode on Rodrigo Borgia(Alexander VI)!
Thank you for not sleeping Simon.
Thank you for this video! I was literally searching for this because my next test involves him and your videos make me actually store this information. Thank you!
Maybe a video on Charles V?
The “Ablassbriefe” for your sins are sold on my local medieval market. An Ablassbrief for homework at school for example
No se si alguien me entienda, pero sería interesante que los vídeos del canal estuviesen subtitulados en Español.
Son bastantes ilustrativos, además de informativos.
I would argue that it’s more than just religious history - the reformation emphasis on “everyone should be able to read the Bible for themselves” was a major step in commonly-available education and literacy, which means that it was a major step leading to the Enlightenment and today’s secular society.
So i recently found out that my 13th great grandfather is Martin Luther, it’s interesting to know about someone and what they did before you know your related to them.
What a coincidence dude, he was mine too!
The world is small, huh?
Luther's insults are up there with Shakespeare. Legendary.
02:30 Why is Hans Luthers face melting? 😳
weird medival german art styles^^ like every medival painting looks kind of crappy but it still had to be so hard to draw, especially back in the days, but i sometimes ask myself if the artist looked at this and thought „ yes, this is what a normal human looks like“ 😂
@@jonnyhe2559 especially the babies! They're always like demon posessed and somehow midleaged looking 🤔
@@ilarious5729 so true, literally every baby in an old painting in any museum here in germany looks like this. It‘s creepy as hell and damn weird, like why would you want a painting with a 45 year old demonic ass baby?😂 and i bet people payed good money for those middle-aged satanic manbabys....
He questioned the false teachings of the Catholic Church
Not all do I agree but he really rediscovered the truth of the Christianity. It is not by man but by God through Christ that he is saved.
He said that you were only saved by Faith "alone". He added alone. Why did he remove Books from his translation?
@@TXNanna3prods, lad. They think the likes of Calvin and Luther knew better than the early church fathers 1,600 years before them, the Catholics, Orthodox and Apostolics originate.
The reinterpretations of the Bible got significantly worse after them too .
Great video with lots of information we never gotten at high school.
This is a good one.
Can you do one on Charles V, Holy Roman Emporer?
*insert Inbred long chin meme here*
It shows how crucial religion is in our lives that this one Man shaped our history forever
The reformation was both the best and worst thing that happened to the catholic church
best in what way?
@@theawesomeman9821 they were actually held accountable for once, and the council of trent came about
@@kymattok okay
Starting my morning off right!!! Keep it up Simon
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Thanks for a great informative video yet again, could you possibly do a video into the life of Ulysses S Grant?
I love your stories, English is not my first language so I learn a lot of words!!!! The way you present information is amazing! thank you!!
Rich people could just buy their sins off from Priest. These days the Priests are called Politicians.
They were kinda politicians back then so...........
😆😅🤣😂
@@ryeryeryerye Yeah that is true really seeing as they ran most countries, either in front or behind closed doors. I mean look at the holy Roman Empire.
You can't buy your sins off that isn't even a thing. Sins can only be forgiven by Jesus and it is not by money.
Excellent presentation!! Thanks 🙏
Many of the atrocities that happened in Medieval Europe would've never occurred were it not for the greed and corruption of the papacy.
If it hadn't been the church it'd have been someone else. I'm not saying that they didn't do horrible things but I'd like to point out that many leaders of the day were already pretty savage in their rule, in some cases the church even intervened to stop bloodshed, I'm just saying that even without the church you'd still have mass murderers, they just would use a diffrent excuse.
@@brandonangstman they were but no one leader had the power of the pope and no other subject caused as much anger or division. Name one other leader who could have caused the crusaders just because they were unpopular and needed a way to distract from their issues at home.
@Three Emperors first Crusade happened in 1080s, the first Jihad or Muslim holy war started in the 700s. Spain was taken by Force, and the Muslim advance into Europe was only halted by Charles Martel in the battle of Tours 732. Spain was definitely justified in its “reconquista” of Christian lands which took nearly 700 years
@@itarry4 you could easily argue any hardline Islamic sultan, look at Brunei today, there are a handful of Islamic countries today that practice sharia law, where flogging, dismembering of limbs for theft, stoning for adulterers etc, are still practiced. There have been multiple popes throughout history that have suggested secularism, separation of church and state which is obviously the case today. You’d be hard pressed to find a Christian majority country today where religious leaders words are law, maybe Russia but that’s it.
Jan Hus was an interesting character. I first discovered him from a book about armored warfare, where his 'Wagonberg' can be argued as the first tank.
Wasn't his, he was "just" a preacher, theologian and the head of the Prague university. When the fighting started, he was already dead. Woh exactly invented wagonburg isn't known, but the man who started to using it in a large scale was Jan Žižka, the never defeated leader of the Tabor fraction and later of the East Bohemian fraction of Hussites. The latter were some hardcore mofos, who after Žižka's death started called themselves the Orphans and scared even other hardliner Hussites. By the way, Žižka was a minor noble, who was probably cheated of his lands by the local superwealthy and powerful noble family, the Rosenbergs/Rožmberks. So he started fighting against them as a succesfull highwayman, and later he served as mercenary in POland during the wars against the Teutonic order.
@@richardaubrecht2822 That's right! Good on you. I read a little about him in 'The Iron Cavalry' by Ralph Zumbro. Quite an ingenious tactic for the time.
@@richardaubrecht2822 It's as if Zizka was trying to emulate the tactics used by Barbary pirates, just on land. I'd imagine the reaction that the Teutonic knights had to the wagonberg was the same that their distant descendants had to the tank during the Great War. Just sheer dread.
Now do a video on Calvin please! :)
what do you need to know about him?
Please do the papin sisters... I don’t know how famous they are but their story was SO interesting
Please do Gustav Vasa, paternal grandfather to Gustavus Adolphus .
The mad lad himself, the lion of the north :)
I've been so excited for this episode
Hey this guy has inspired some pretty great people in history
yeah! Falwell Jr to start!
If only the Muslim equivalent of the Protestant reformation was as successful 😭😭😭
Sad time during the inquisition of Ibn Hinbal
@@rejvaik00 what do you think might have happened?
He wrote books and the Jews that inspired many not great people in 20th century Germany.
Well done, as always, thanks! One minor quibble - Luther did not ‘out of nowhere’ initiate the reformation. The revolution, if you will, against the corrupt Christian hierarchy had been building for centuries prior to Luther - both ordinary folks and a number of prominent leaders, such as Pierre Valdo, John Wyclif and Jan Hus, had previously inveighed strongly against the unscrupulous church elite. Luther published his 95 theses into highly fertile soil, i.e., the times were ripe for reform, and the reformation quickly bloomed, cementing his place in history.
Luther’s success reminds me of the so called Reagan Revolution, which came about because Reagan spoke eloquently to pre-existing mass issues and concerns - he did not create these, rather, he rode those waves, and rather adroitly!
Still holding on for an EVH biographics now that it has an end
I went to Luther's birthplace and place of death in 2007: Eisleben. His house he was born in burned down in a fire long ago but there was a museum on the spot.
Weird you uploaded this I was just reading bout dude a few hours ago
Same here, I am currently reading a biography about him by Eric Metaxes.
Super video today, thank you.
You know very few people look better with a beard, but he does.
If you want to get into deeply interesting history regarding the Reformation then doing a Biographics on John of Leiden and the events of
Münster would be fascinating. Of course you could just listen to James White's talks on the topic (which are substantial) but a short 20 minute video would also be a great rehash on stories that are stranger than fiction.
Luther is one of my favorite people of all time
Great episode!!
This video was good, as Protestant I really enjoyed it!!!
You are a Professional, even on the Blaze.
When will we get a video about a great entertainer Joseph Pujol - Le Petomane? The only artist who pays no author royalties.
I think he really deserves it 😎
Black Adder did sum this up best in his show.
Ideas for next Videos
Jan Hus
Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia
Wenceslas IV, King of Bohemia, Failed son of Charles IV
Holy cow, i just recently posted a comment on one of your 10000 other channel that it is hard keeping up with your channels. And lo and behold here is another!!
You should have a landing page where one can find all your channels XD
"Nah, my boy stays here!" haha
Michael Collins,/ Eamon Devalera etc, love to see some on Irish history!
Where is Danny biographic
Thanks for this video! :)
Suggestion for a BIOGRPAHICS EPISODE of ; willem van oranje (William of Orange) is known as the founding father and hero of The Netherlands. he made his fame when he led the Dutch uprising against the rule of the Spanish Habsburgthe (The Spanish where in the Netherlands) ,
The uprise led to the 80-year war (in the Netherlands) (1568-1648) between the Dutch states and Spain
There is a English page on wikipedia "William the Silent" that's his nickname.
We toured Wittenberg a few years ago: they have statues of him everywhere. Saw the famous door and everything.
The castle he was sequestered in was the Wartburg. I guess after the Diet of Worms, he was ready for a Wartburger. While there, he was supposed to have had a vision of the Devil and thrown an inkwell at him/it. I remember it from college German: "Vor fier hundert Jahren, in diesem Zimmer, soll Luther einen Tintenfass an der Teufel geworfen haben." The inkwell went right through the Devil and broke against the wall; and they say the ink stain is there to this day.
And I'll close with one of my Dad's favorite religious stories:
Q: How do we know that Martin Luther wasn't a very good barbecue Chef?
A: He burned the Papal Bull.