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October 31, 2017
7. Ex-monk Marries Ex-Nun: Martin Marries Katie Luther
Using pieces from “Martin Luther: Art and the Reformation” the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, shares interesting and important facts about the Reformation.
October 31, 2017
6. The Common Chest: Everyone’s Needs Are Met
Using pieces from “Martin Luther: Art and the Reformation” the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, shares interesting and important facts about the Reformation.
October 31, 2017
5. The Cross; This Alone Is Our Theology
Using pieces from “Martin Luther: Art and the Reformation” the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, shares interesting and important facts about the Reformation.
October 31, 2017
4. Papal Sale of Indulgences; Christ Gives Grace for Free
Using pieces from “Martin Luther: Art and the Reformation” the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, shares interesting and important facts about the Reformation.
October 31, 2017
3. Indulgence Box: Trying to Buy Salvation
Using pieces from “Martin Luther: Art and the Reformation” the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, shares interesting and important facts about the Reformation.
October 31, 2017
2. Relics: There’s Only One that Counts
Using pieces from “Martin Luther: Art and the Reformation” the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, shares interesting and important facts about the Reformation.
October 31, 2017
Martin Luther: The Idea That Changed the World
The radical events, compelling personalities, and exciting drama of the Reformation are brought to life in the full length documentary Martin Luther: The Idea That Changed the World.
October 31, 2017
Treasures of the Reformation
Using pieces from “Martin Luther: Art and the Reformation”, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod teaches interesting and important facts about the Reformation in this series of short videos.
October 31, 2017
1. Wittenberg, Germany: The City of Luther and the Reformation
Using pieces from “Martin Luther: Art and the Reformation” the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, shares interesting and important facts about the Reformation.
October 29, 2017
The Diet of Worms
The imperial Diet of Worms of 1521 was in many respects the culmination of the first phase of the Luther’s Reformation. As opposition increased, and as he studied the Scriptures in their original languages, Luther’s departures from late medieval theology grew ever more significant.
October 25, 2017
The Cradle of Christ in Every Home: Reformation Translations of the Bible
Today most modern societies would find it hard to imagine a time when the Holy Scriptures were not accessible to them in a language they could understand, but to the people at the time of the Reformation this was the accepted norm.
October 23, 2017
The Antinomian Disputations
Between 1537 and 1540, Martin Luther and his onetime colleague John Agricola fiercely debated the role of the Law in the Church.
October 21, 2017
The Marburg Colloquy
Even before the meeting at Marburg, Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli had each written forcefully against the position of the other regarding whether the true body of Jesus Christ was present in the Lord’s Supper. In what came to be known as the Great Controversy, it was clear that Luther and Zwingli could not come to agreement on this doctrinal issue.
October 19, 2017
The Leipzig Debate
Luther’s use of Scripture to challenge the pope came to a climax in the early summer of 1519 when Luther and the renowned theologian John Eck met face to face in Leipzig to debate the main topics of contention raised by the Wittenberg theologians.
October 17, 2017
The Heidelberg Disputations
Many events were set in motion by Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses on October 31st, 1517, but ironically, not the very thing he intended. The 95 Theses were meant for theological debate, a debate that never occurred. Any expectation of a lively academic disputation was consumed by a firestorm that reached far beyond Wittenberg and Germany to the pope himself.
October 13, 2017
The Burning of the Papal Bull
The burning of the bull was not something Luther did lightly, or with great pomp necessarily. He later told his friend and superior Johann von Staupitz that he did this while “trembling and praying.”