Description
“They speak of progress, but they don’t know what they’re progressing towards.”
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Christianity offers more than vague promises of progress: it offers a definite standard of the good in Christ. In this video, I argue that Luther’s break with Rome looks less like reforming the Church according to a clear vision and more like a revolution that weakened Christian unity and gave rulers new opportunities to control religion.
Timestamps
0:00 Why Christianity is “dangerous”
0:45 Meaning without a mind
1:35 When good and evil become personal preferences
2:33 From disagreement to a struggle for power
3:20 Christianity’s vision of the good
4:33 Revolutionaries can only destroy
5:02 Was Luther a reformer or a revolutionary?
6:09 the 95 Theses - Not what you think
7:52 The Church’s attempts to hear and correct Luther
9:57 Luther rejects the papal bull
11:12 Protestant divisions and the question of reform
12:40 The Church as a check on political power
14:05 Princes, Luther, and control of religion
14:55 Did Luther build up or tear down?
Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: http://pauljernberg.com
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