Inor
11-01-2017, 10:40 PM
Last Tuesday was the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 Thesis to the church door in Wittenburg. That was the opening salvo of the Protestant Reformation. Without the Protestant Reformation, These United States would not have existed in the form of our greatest era.
If you do not know much about Martin Luther, I STRONGLY suggest you study up on him. He is one of history's greatest and most courageous men - right up there with Jefferson and Madison. Of course, I went to a small Lutheran college where we were forced to take 3 semesters of Theology of Reformers classes. During that year and a half, it was all Luther, all the time.
Anyway, this is the best summation of Luther's life and importance in less than 2 pages that I have come across.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/31/commentary-reformations-500th-anniversary-remember-martin-luther-americas-first-founding-father
Luther's life, post Catholicism, was one drama after another and he beat every single challenge thrown at him. But my favorite Luther story is...
Luther, beyond being one of the greatest thinkers of his day and being EXTREMELY courageous, was also a good German and liked his beer. Like all Germans, he had a hand painted beer stein holding maybe a quart. Around the top, his stein had a band painted with the words of Nicene Creed. Around the middle, it had a band painted with the words of the Apostles Creed. Around the bottom, it had a band painted with the 10 Commandments. The rumor is, when Luther was unwinding after a full day of driving the Cathaholics in Rome crazy, he would fill his stein with good stout beer and raise a toast: "Let's drink to the 10 Commandments!"
If you do not know much about Martin Luther, I STRONGLY suggest you study up on him. He is one of history's greatest and most courageous men - right up there with Jefferson and Madison. Of course, I went to a small Lutheran college where we were forced to take 3 semesters of Theology of Reformers classes. During that year and a half, it was all Luther, all the time.
Anyway, this is the best summation of Luther's life and importance in less than 2 pages that I have come across.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/31/commentary-reformations-500th-anniversary-remember-martin-luther-americas-first-founding-father
Luther's life, post Catholicism, was one drama after another and he beat every single challenge thrown at him. But my favorite Luther story is...
Luther, beyond being one of the greatest thinkers of his day and being EXTREMELY courageous, was also a good German and liked his beer. Like all Germans, he had a hand painted beer stein holding maybe a quart. Around the top, his stein had a band painted with the words of Nicene Creed. Around the middle, it had a band painted with the words of the Apostles Creed. Around the bottom, it had a band painted with the 10 Commandments. The rumor is, when Luther was unwinding after a full day of driving the Cathaholics in Rome crazy, he would fill his stein with good stout beer and raise a toast: "Let's drink to the 10 Commandments!"