If the Pope at the time had been a bit more wise in his dealings with Luther, the Reformation could have been avoided altogether. But if that had happened we can not even imagine what the world would look like today because of incredible impact the Reformation has had on Western Christianity.
Christianity was bound to break into a 2 party system. Islam had shown it was possible to great political benefit. All religions are political parties is disguise.
Excellent history, especially the "context" provided by author. I liked the discussion about "selling indulgences" and their role in the history of the Reformation. I also liked the points that Luther naively took on the entire Church and was surprised at the unbelievable response. Luther was not intending the response. He was a Professor and posted his theses for a response. What a response!
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Hey there. Good idea, though I hate putting numbers in the video titles so people can watch them as one-off lectures. But what I should do is link the entire playlist (with the order there) so people can find it easily.
In those days the Bible was only read by the Church authorities,The common folk didn’t know what was in the Bible except what they were told,Martin Luther was one of the 1st to aspire that everyone should be able to read and comprehend themselves what was in the gospels,I would also be repulsed if a priest told me that I could buy my loved ones out of purgatory.The catholic authorities were strongly against common people owning a version of the Bible fearing loss of power and emotional manipulation over the masses presumably.Can you imagine the Church being against widespread gospels in the hands of common people in the current year?
Five hundred years later and Christianity is back on track. Thank You Lord Jesus for sending Martin Luther as a deliverer to save Christianity from false preachers!!!!
July 4, 2017 Wow! At the 20:05 time mark of this video. This is the first time I HAVE HEARD OF THE 97 THESES!! What I'm seeing the 97 Theses were not a threat to the Medieval Church's money sources. After my second reading, I'm seeing Luther's stand on the Bondage of the Will. "Monergism".
Thank you Dr. Reeves for these lectures. I like the succinctness of this series. I think that Luther might not have broken away if not for Johann von Eck and Thomas Cajetan. I think his pride was hurt at Worms. Well done... I am sure all your lectures are well attended. :)
thanx Ryan , seems like you're livin by the wisdom you speak of here , "because love grows by works of love, man thereby becomes better." indeed I don't just hear a lecture when you speak , I hear words for us all to live by
Pretty ironic that Luther broke away from the Catholic Church because of these theses and most of them actually support Catholicism. What an amazing discovery for me as a Catholic.
+Gaby Ramos // Another way to look at it is, he didn't break away because of the 95 Theses. Instead it was the fight over them that caused him to change his mind on even more substantive doctrines. So they are more the spark on the pile than the fire itself. :)
Today more than ever I am absolutely convinced that the Catholic Church teaches the absolute truth. I thank God everyday that I never left the Church and it is only there where I can receive the actual Body and Blood of Christ. What an immeasurable blessing!
Christ taught: “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.” Luther in speaking of the commandments teaches: "Their only purpose is to show man his impotence to do good and to teach him to despair of himself"
I always thought it was weird people celebrated that Luther 'nailed his feces' to the church door. Now I know I was just mistaken. Thanks for explaining.
U haven't escaped sin. It's still called sin, yesterday & today. U can't sell what u don't own & buy what's free. Guess that leaves faith by God's grace. No denomination needed!
I am sure if Judas Scariot were to have a chance to address people, he would have made some to believe that he had protested against Jesus because Jesus was wrong...NOW, you have all these you call theses which Luther addressed...My question is this, if Luther was such a man inspired by God, and had left the Catholic Church because things were not going well, THEN WHY DO WE HAVE OVER 40 000 Protestant Churches? why didn't Luther with his wisdom from God control this rapid division?
This is great material. Thank you. Sounds like it wasn't the use of indulgences that led to the posting, but the misuse of them? But I am a little confused; does an indulgence claim to lessen your time in purgatory, or does it claim to lessen your duties required in penance during this life? And, is purgatory seen as a type of penance? Also, did Luther actually post the 95 theses on the church door, or has that been unconfirmed?
Peasants' War in 1524, Luther threw himself into the arms of the political power massacred 100,000 peasants. "Come, my princes, strike! To arms! Thrust! The times have come, blessed times where with blood a prince can win heaven more easily that we can with our prayers; I, Martin Luther, I myself ordered their tortures, impalement, beheading, bludgeoning. He was listened to: a massacre took place, 100,000 victims according to one Protestant historian, the beginning of a nightmare that was to bind Germany for two centuries.
Isn't the whole idea contradictory? On one hand, if you're in purgatory, you deserve it and need it for Heaven, but on the other, God will let you skip the ongoing punishment, take a fallible person's good works, and use it for saving you from the torture of your sin. So... Do you still have the remaining sin in heaven, or does He take it out some other way? If there is another way, why not that way instead of purgatory? Just seems contradicotry and makes no sense, especially our good works being used to pay others torture time......
When you get to the 95 theses and explain the Truth of the Church Doctrine, it shows how Luther was hammering his "opinion" up on the church door. It should have never gone any further than that.
"No sin will separate us from the Lamb even though we commit fornication and murder 1000 times a day - Martin Luther Martin Luther was a heretic. The bible says the opposite of what Luther the father of lies taught.
False Teacher Martin Luther said: Sin Boldly - “No sin can separate us from Him, even if we were to kill or commit adultery thousands of times each day”Let Your Sins Be Strong: A Letter From Luther to Melanchthon Letter no. 99, 1 August 1521, From the Wartburg (Segment) Translated by Erika Bullmann Flores from: _Dr. Martin Luther’s Saemmtliche Schriften_ Dr, Johannes Georg Walch, Ed. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, N.D.), Vol. 15,cols. 2585-2590.
Yes, that what Martin Luther taught and it is indeed disgusting and totally against the Word of God. Yet, fundamentalist follow Sola Scriptura and teachings of Luther.
You must be one of those people that don't read the whole bible.Hebrews 10:26 says if a person sins willfully after they received the knowledge of the truth there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin.your doctrine sir is strait from hell.
Jesus said "I am the way the truth and the life and no man cometh to the father but by me"Jesus said you must be born again.This is not what the catholic church teaches.The catholic church is a false doctrin.Read the Bible God will reveal the truth to you.We have only one high priest Jesus Christ.You need to READ the book of Hebrews.The KJV ,
Is there any thought about who translated the Thesis and why? The way you make it sound, Martin Luther was a scholar who got thrust into the public limelight. I am now really curious as to who the fire brand was that lit that powder keg. Surely some historian studied this or Church investigator made an extensive log (so much history comes out of Church inquiries) about his search for who translated them. Afterall if I were a church investigator, Martin Luther might just be a scholar but who ever translated them into common was surely a firebrand looking to stir the shit. Do you think it is possible Marin Luther did the translation himself and lied? That sounds like an excellent way to cover your ass. If he got dragged in front of the Inquistion he just claim that he was just bringing up something for scholarly debate. I know that the Inquistion has a bad rep, but I always got the impression that if you had a little power or reputation they would let you off with a simple public recanting.
There is not smoking gun, so the most we'll have is conjecture. It mostly comes down to what extent Luther is naively bumbling into the Reformation (one extreme) and he's giving a rebel yell from the day he was born (other extreme). I put him somewhere in the middle but for the first year more towards the bumbling side of that equation. So since that's right in the 95 Theses publication timeframe, and since Luther backpeddled for a few months after they were published, it does seem that he was not involved.
+Ryan Reeves Martin Luther was never a rebel to roman church. He never wanted to breakaway from the church. He wanted to reform the church from the inside. It was because of the heretic pope who refused to even listen to what he has to say, he got separated.
Yes and no. Certainly I say this in other lectures about Luther at the start. But the dude burned the papal bull and stood before the Holy Roman Emperor and said (effectively) to shove their authority. He certainly grew into a rebel--or maybe it's better to say once branded a rebel he didn't back down. So I'm with you, I think, on the basic point you are making. Thanks!
Ryan Reeves Do you think a Reformation was inevitable? I am not a big believer in "great men" history. From my lay viewpoint, there was definitely enough tinder around for this bonfire. Would you agree that if it was not Luther, then some other person would have triggered the Reformation?
Christ taught: “You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment.” Luther teaches: “I look upon God no better than a scoundrel”
Martin Luther -"I know longer know if God is the devil, or the devil God,". Given to drunkenness, his valets revealed that on this night, February 18, 1546, they had carried the master dead drunk to his bed. Having returned the next morning to dress him, they found him hanged to the posts of his bed, strangled. The devil, with whom he boasted of having slept more often than with his wife, had communicated to him, with his hatred, his despair. A horrible death for a man who led an immoral life & attempted to destroy a Divine Church instituted by Jesus Christ himself.
Evil Luther like hitlr seemed to "forget" Jesus was a Jew... Read what Luther said to German noble men about the Christian german peasants "being like dogs and we are like gods"...his horrible writings have been translated into English now. Lutheran church doesn't want to have you read his stuff...lol
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If the Pope at the time had been a bit more wise in his dealings with Luther, the Reformation could have been avoided altogether. But if that had happened we can not even imagine what the world would look like today because of incredible impact the Reformation has had on Western Christianity.
are you talking about having Luther killed?
Christianity was bound to break into a 2 party system. Islam had shown it was possible to great political benefit. All religions are political parties is disguise.
Patrick Neary No, I am not talking about having Luther killed. I don't understand how you could get that from my comment.
Patrick Neary Not all Religions are political parties in disguise as you claim.
that response came pretty fast. Is it a concept you have thought about before? Or, just a knee-jerk reaction?
Johann Tetzel marketing genius.
"As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs"
Excellent history, especially the "context" provided by author. I liked the discussion about "selling indulgences" and their role in the history of the Reformation. I also liked the points that Luther naively took on the entire Church and was surprised at the unbelievable response. Luther was not intending the response. He was a Professor and posted his theses for a response. What a response!
I feel like Luther was a catalyst to begin the reformation more than the solely the cause for it
Awesome, graduated Gordon College in 2001... always appreciated you guys right down the road. Had Dr Stuart for O.T Survey.
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I like these lectures, but I am confused as to the sequence in which they should be listened to. I think sequential number would be very useful
Hey there. Good idea, though I hate putting numbers in the video titles so people can watch them as one-off lectures. But what I should do is link the entire playlist (with the order there) so people can find it easily.
Thank you so much for what you’re doing Ryan !
You said "indulgences" 95 times.Are you the new Luther?
"It's easier to live as a Protestant but it's better to die as a Catholic" - Martin Luther
Ruairí Másún, Jesus died painfully...
In those days the Bible was only read by the Church authorities,The common folk didn’t know what was in the Bible except what they were told,Martin Luther was one of the 1st to aspire that everyone should be able to read and comprehend themselves what was in the gospels,I would also be repulsed if a priest told me that I could buy my loved ones out of purgatory.The catholic authorities were strongly against common people owning a version of the Bible fearing loss of power and emotional manipulation over the masses presumably.Can you imagine the Church being against widespread gospels in the hands of common people in the current year?
Thank you for the lectures. Very appreciated.
Five hundred years later and Christianity is back on track. Thank You Lord Jesus for sending Martin Luther as a deliverer to save Christianity from false preachers!!!!
The videos should be numbered - one never knows which lecture precedes and follows.
Der you go :) ruclips.net/p/PLRgREWf4NFWYZZoAYL9yomx7mvuwh7G6B
July 4, 2017 Wow! At the 20:05 time mark of this video. This is the first time I HAVE HEARD OF THE 97 THESES!! What I'm seeing the 97 Theses were not a threat to the Medieval Church's money sources. After my second reading, I'm seeing Luther's stand on the Bondage of the Will. "Monergism".
Thank you Dr. Reeves for these lectures. I like the succinctness of this series. I think that Luther might not have broken away if not for Johann von Eck and Thomas Cajetan. I think his pride was hurt at Worms. Well done... I am sure all your lectures are well attended. :)
Thank you for posting and sharing this with us.
great lecture wow learn a lot here do you suggest any books to study Luther?
Excellent history, especially the "context" provided by author.
This was very insightful. Thank you!
thanx Ryan , seems like you're livin by the wisdom you speak of here ,
"because love grows by works of love, man thereby becomes better."
indeed I don't just hear a lecture when you speak , I hear words for us all to live by
Pretty ironic that Luther broke away from the Catholic Church because of these theses and most of them actually support Catholicism. What an amazing discovery for me as a Catholic.
+Gaby Ramos // Another way to look at it is, he didn't break away because of the 95 Theses. Instead it was the fight over them that caused him to change his mind on even more substantive doctrines. So they are more the spark on the pile than the fire itself. :)
Today more than ever I am absolutely convinced that the Catholic Church teaches the absolute truth. I thank God everyday that I never left the Church and it is only there where I can receive the actual Body and Blood of Christ. What an immeasurable blessing!
+Gaby Ramos i dont know about you but we lutherans DO receive actual body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Martin Luther never wanted to break away nor did he intend for it to be taken to the level that it did.
Gaby Ramos need a Luther now
Outstanding lecture giving context. Thank you!
Well spoken. Thank you
Great job Ryan!
Christ taught: “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.”
Luther in speaking of the commandments teaches: "Their only purpose is to show man his impotence to do good and to teach him to despair of himself"
I am a bit confused. Wasn't the pope at the time Clements?
I always thought it was weird people celebrated that Luther 'nailed his feces' to the church door. Now I know I was just mistaken. Thanks for explaining.
U haven't escaped sin. It's still called sin, yesterday & today. U can't sell what u don't own & buy what's free. Guess that leaves faith by God's grace. No denomination needed!
I am sure if Judas Scariot were to have a chance to address people, he would have made some to believe that he had protested against Jesus because Jesus was wrong...NOW, you have all these you call theses which Luther addressed...My question is this, if Luther was such a man inspired by God, and had left the Catholic Church because things were not going well, THEN WHY DO WE HAVE OVER 40 000 Protestant Churches? why didn't Luther with his wisdom from God control this rapid division?
This is great material. Thank you. Sounds like it wasn't the use of indulgences that led to the posting, but the misuse of them? But I am a little confused; does an indulgence claim to lessen your time in purgatory, or does it claim to lessen your duties required in penance during this life? And, is purgatory seen as a type of penance? Also, did Luther actually post the 95 theses on the church door, or has that been unconfirmed?
Peasants' War in 1524, Luther threw himself into the arms of the political power massacred 100,000 peasants. "Come, my princes, strike! To arms! Thrust! The times have come, blessed times where with blood a prince can win heaven more easily that we can with our prayers; I, Martin Luther, I myself ordered their tortures, impalement, beheading, bludgeoning. He was listened to: a massacre took place, 100,000 victims according to one Protestant historian, the beginning of a nightmare that was to bind Germany for two centuries.
Ryan Reeves is giving great lectures, far better then Bruce Gore who seems to be imprisoned in his Calvinistic view of Biblical history.
Isn't the whole idea contradictory?
On one hand, if you're in purgatory, you deserve it and need it for Heaven, but on the other, God will let you skip the ongoing punishment, take a fallible person's good works, and use it for saving you from the torture of your sin. So... Do you still have the remaining sin in heaven, or does He take it out some other way?
If there is another way, why not that way instead of purgatory?
Just seems contradicotry and makes no sense, especially our good works being used to pay others torture time......
If paraphrased, they intended to dismantle the Church and the priesthood.
When you get to the 95 theses and explain the Truth of the Church Doctrine, it shows how Luther was hammering his "opinion" up on the church door. It should have never gone any further than that.
"No sin will separate us from the Lamb even though we commit fornication and murder 1000 times a day - Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a heretic. The bible says the opposite of what Luther the father of lies taught.
Denise Braganza blasphemy!
Denise Braganza I have the same concern,
False Teacher Martin Luther said: Sin Boldly - “No sin can separate us from Him, even if we were to kill or commit adultery thousands of times each day”Let Your Sins Be Strong: A Letter From Luther to Melanchthon Letter no. 99, 1 August 1521, From the Wartburg (Segment) Translated by Erika Bullmann Flores from: _Dr. Martin Luther’s Saemmtliche Schriften_ Dr, Johannes Georg Walch, Ed. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, N.D.), Vol. 15,cols. 2585-2590.
Yes, that what Martin Luther taught and it is indeed disgusting and totally against the Word of God. Yet, fundamentalist follow Sola Scriptura and teachings of Luther.
You must be one of those people that don't read the whole bible.Hebrews 10:26 says if a person sins willfully after they received the knowledge of the truth there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin.your doctrine sir is strait from hell.
I am Catholic and will always be Catholic.
Jesus said "I am the way the truth and the life and no man cometh to the father but by me"Jesus said you must be born again.This is not what the catholic church teaches.The catholic church is a false doctrin.Read the Bible God will reveal the truth to you.We have only one high priest Jesus Christ.You need to READ the book of Hebrews.The KJV ,
That's the exact response the Jews gave to Jesus.
Adel M I was Xtian, then I actually read The Bible.
Is there any thought about who translated the Thesis and why? The way you make it sound, Martin Luther was a scholar who got thrust into the public limelight. I am now really curious as to who the fire brand was that lit that powder keg. Surely some historian studied this or Church investigator made an extensive log (so much history comes out of Church inquiries) about his search for who translated them. Afterall if I were a church investigator, Martin Luther might just be a scholar but who ever translated them into common was surely a firebrand looking to stir the shit.
Do you think it is possible Marin Luther did the translation himself and lied? That sounds like an excellent way to cover your ass. If he got dragged in front of the Inquistion he just claim that he was just bringing up something for scholarly debate. I know that the Inquistion has a bad rep, but I always got the impression that if you had a little power or reputation they would let you off with a simple public recanting.
There is not smoking gun, so the most we'll have is conjecture. It mostly comes down to what extent Luther is naively bumbling into the Reformation (one extreme) and he's giving a rebel yell from the day he was born (other extreme). I put him somewhere in the middle but for the first year more towards the bumbling side of that equation. So since that's right in the 95 Theses publication timeframe, and since Luther backpeddled for a few months after they were published, it does seem that he was not involved.
+Ryan Reeves Martin Luther was never a rebel to roman church. He never wanted to breakaway from the church. He wanted to reform the church from the inside. It was because of the heretic pope who refused to even listen to what he has to say, he got separated.
Yes and no. Certainly I say this in other lectures about Luther at the start. But the dude burned the papal bull and stood before the Holy Roman Emperor and said (effectively) to shove their authority. He certainly grew into a rebel--or maybe it's better to say once branded a rebel he didn't back down. So I'm with you, I think, on the basic point you are making. Thanks!
Ryan Reeves Do you think a Reformation was inevitable? I am not a big believer in "great men" history. From my lay viewpoint, there was definitely enough tinder around for this bonfire. Would you agree that if it was not Luther, then some other person would have triggered the Reformation?
Christ taught: “You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment.”
Luther teaches: “I look upon God no better than a scoundrel”
The (hi)story got a bit embelished over Time
Monk Luther: "What, me worry?"
Protestantism: Halloween prank that went too far
Martin Luther -"I know longer know if God is the devil, or the devil God,". Given to drunkenness, his valets revealed that on this night, February 18, 1546, they had carried the master dead drunk to his bed. Having returned the next morning to dress him, they found him hanged to the posts of his bed, strangled. The devil, with whom he boasted of having slept more often than with his wife, had communicated to him, with his hatred, his despair. A horrible death for a man who led an immoral life & attempted to destroy a Divine Church instituted by Jesus Christ himself.
Denise.
Interesting.
I have never heard this.
What is your source for this info ?
Evil Luther like hitlr seemed to "forget" Jesus was a Jew...
Read what Luther said to German noble men about the Christian german peasants "being like dogs and we are like gods"...his horrible writings have been translated into English now. Lutheran church doesn't want to have you read his stuff...lol
Out of context. Luther never spoke of the Jewish race...per se...the context was their tradition and rejection of Jesus, the Jewish Messiah.
luther...lucifer ...
he posted them in winter...not 'theses', 95 dog feces.