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The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation and What It Means Today
americanthinker.com ^ | Scott S. Powell

Posted on 10/31/2017 5:07:43 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

When Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the church door in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517, 500 years ago this week, he probably had no idea what forces he was unleashing. Although his intention was to spur reform within the Catholic Church rather than breaking off and starting a new church, he ended up accomplishing both.

In fact, the Reformation started by Luther set in motion an awakening that stimulated an unusual concentration of human genius and extraordinary wisdom that would culminate in the birth of a new nation -- one unprecedented in human history, dedicated to upholding its citizens' unalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. If there had been no Reformation, there would be no United States as we know it today.

American history from the very beginning -- with the Anglicans settling Virginia, the Puritans and Presbyterians settling in New England, the Reformed Dutch settling in New York, and the Quakers settling Pennsylvania to name a few -- is inextricably linked to the Protestant Reformation. To understand the relevance of the Reformation, let’s revisit its core ideas and central figures and assess what is happening today.

The drama starts with Luther, who after being expelled from the Catholic Church, stood trial, and stated publicly that it was wrong for anyone to act against his conscience in religious matters. In addition, Luther introduced the radical notion of human equality in a “priesthood of all believers.” With obedience to authority and class stratification having been the norm for most of recorded history, Luther appeared to be either a fool or a subversive for proclaiming that liberty of conscience and equality of all believers, regardless of class, was the proper basis for religious and political life.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: luther; reformation; worldview

1 posted on 10/31/2017 5:07:44 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

95 tweets: https://twitter.com/ctdonath/status/925220193202208768


2 posted on 10/31/2017 5:16:53 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: ctdonath2

500 years ago today Luther published his 95 theses. What an amazing event that will get virtually no coverage.

Thank you for posting this.


3 posted on 10/31/2017 6:07:29 AM PDT by MulberryDraw
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To: MulberryDraw

Hence my motive for “twitterifying” it: a slight change of formatting & media might get some traction. Hoping people start forwarding the link.


4 posted on 10/31/2017 6:21:13 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: ctdonath2

I put this on my FB page. No interest there either.


5 posted on 10/31/2017 9:17:40 AM PDT by MulberryDraw
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To: RoosterRedux

How Lutherans were created.See video at 1:30

Lisa Creates Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx8D9jXswws


6 posted on 10/31/2017 1:43:34 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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