Posts Tagged ‘Reformation’
History of Martin Luther: Part 8 – Legacy
HISTORY OF MARTIN LUTHER: PART 8 – LEGACY If you stand outside the door of the house where Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, you can see above the rooftops the towers of St. Andreas Church. You can walk to it in 5 to 10 minutes. St. Andreas is still in use today. It rises up on a hill in the center of the city, behind the late-Gothic old town hall and above the market square. It is the city’s highest church tower. Luther had returned to Eisleben to settle a dispute over an inheritance between two local counts. He…
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HISTORY OF MARTIN LUTHER: PART 7 – FAMILY MAN How did Martin Luther, the bull in the China shop, the… “…fox [that had] arisen seeking to destroy the vineyard, [the] wild boar from the forest [that] seeks to destroy it…” …how did he become the very model of a modern Christian Family Man? My Lord Katie It started by marrying Katharine von Bora. As I discussed in my previous article Luther came upon marriage rather unexpectedly: “Suddenly, and while I was occupied with far other thoughts, the Lord has, plunged me into marriage.” He called her “my Lord Katie.” A feisty…
Read MoreHistory of Martin Luther: Part 2 – Breakthrough
HISTORY OF MARTIN LUTHER: PART 2 — BREAKTHROUGH In Martin Luther’s introduction to the 95 Theses which he nailed to the door of the Wittenberg Church 500 years ago on October 31, 1517, he begins: Out of love for the truth, and the desire to bring it to light… Truth had been supremely important to Luther, prompting him to leave law school and a promising career to enter the monastery. It was while he was teaching that he came upon a profound truth. He tells us of his conversion some 30 years after the fact in 1545, as an introduction…
Read MoreHistory of Halloween
.!. HALLOWEEN Halloween (Allhallows Even) is the evening of October 31. In its strictly religious aspect this occasion is known as the vigil of Hallowmas or All Saints’ Day , November 1, observed by the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. In the fourth decade of the 8th century, Pope Gregory III moved this holiday to this date (from May 13) for celebrating the feast when he consecrated a chapel in St. Peter’s basilica in Rome to all the saints. Later, Gregory IV extended the feast to the entire church in 834. In Latin countries the evening of October 31 is…
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