"God is dead."
-Martin Luther
Martin Luther, the man, must have felt as though god was in fact dead at times.
What with the Catholic church forcing the entire world of Christendom to accept it's official church interpretation of scripture, I can see why Martin Luther may have, at times, felt existentially alienated.
I believe it was this profound existential feeling that led Martin Luther to rebel against the official Catholic church and more or less found Protestantism by posting his radical theses on the door of the Catholic church.
When Luther did this bold act, in the face of sometimes violent repression by the papacy, he freed millions of what we now call "Protestants" to do something that is their god given right; that is, have a personal Jesus... a personal engagement with scripture on their own terms... an altogether individualistic way of reading the Word.
Martin Luther lead the way to freeing millions upon millions of worshipers from the bondage of spiritual slavery, and took a bold stand in favor of individualism.
We should all remember, next time we feel the inclination, that Luther created what we now know as "Protestantism", and if we feel at all fortunate that we can interpret scripture and participate in prayer as we please, we would do well to heed a dire warning...
The Catholic church bears bitter fruit.
Domestic Democracy United 2017
-Martin Luther
Martin Luther, the man, must have felt as though god was in fact dead at times.
What with the Catholic church forcing the entire world of Christendom to accept it's official church interpretation of scripture, I can see why Martin Luther may have, at times, felt existentially alienated.
I believe it was this profound existential feeling that led Martin Luther to rebel against the official Catholic church and more or less found Protestantism by posting his radical theses on the door of the Catholic church.
When Luther did this bold act, in the face of sometimes violent repression by the papacy, he freed millions of what we now call "Protestants" to do something that is their god given right; that is, have a personal Jesus... a personal engagement with scripture on their own terms... an altogether individualistic way of reading the Word.
Martin Luther lead the way to freeing millions upon millions of worshipers from the bondage of spiritual slavery, and took a bold stand in favor of individualism.
We should all remember, next time we feel the inclination, that Luther created what we now know as "Protestantism", and if we feel at all fortunate that we can interpret scripture and participate in prayer as we please, we would do well to heed a dire warning...
The Catholic church bears bitter fruit.
Domestic Democracy United 2017
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