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THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION EXPLAINED - Contenido educativo
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LENA CAN READ, UNDERSTANDS THE TEXT, AND CAN FORM HER OWN OPINION.
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To her this is nothing special, but 500 years ago that was not the case for many people.
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Back then, Germany and other parts of Europe were divided up quite differently, both politically
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and geographically.
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They were ruled by emperors, kings, princes, and the Roman Catholic Church.
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There was not yet a Protestant church at the time.
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These mainly told the people what to believe in and how they should live.
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The church had something, well, how should we put it, to offer sinful people.
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For example, they sold letters of indulgence.
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These were supposed to exonerate someone from sin and reduce or even completely avoid the
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time spent in purgatory, that is, the period before entering heaven.
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Money in place of repentance.
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And indeed they could be bought for deceased relatives too.
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The church used the money to finance the construction of St. Peter's Basilica, for example, and
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to plug up financial gaps.
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Not everyone agreed with this.
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A German theologian by the name of Martin Luther criticized this misuse of indulgence.
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According to traditions, he was said to have published 95 theses on that issue on October
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31st, 1517.
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He listed reasons that things should be about belief alone, about repentance and God's grace,
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and not about making money and the church as an institution.
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How his theses were acknowledged is not known exactly today, but one thing is clear.
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Luther wrote history, and he heralded a reformation.
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Thanks to the newly developed book printing technology, Luther's writings spread quickly
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and he gained followers, which the church did not exactly like that much.
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It was a turbulent time for Luther.
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He was excluded, accused and pursued.
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Away from the public eye, at the Wartburg Castle in the German town of Eisenach, he
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continued to write using the alias Knight George.
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It was there that he also translated the New Testament from Greek, Hebrew, and sometimes
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Latin, into German.
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This is how he made it possible for many people to read the Bible and to think for themselves.
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Education and freedom were the most important topics of the Reformation.
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However, it was not only a religious matter.
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In his writings about the Reformation, Luther also addressed those who were dissatisfied
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with the political and social order, such as farmers, who suffered due to taxes and
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serfdom.
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They now demanded justice from those who ruled over them.
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The institution of the Catholic Church was shaken by this, and a new Protestant Church
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was founded, even if this had not been Luther's intention at all.
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Over the course of decades, the prevailing common order of church and state gradually
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dissolved.
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The selling of indulgences has been prohibited in the Catholic Church since 1562 as well.
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Lena now knows why October 31st is marked in her calendar as Reformation Day.
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Protestants commemorate the publication of Martin Luther's theses on this day, along
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with the start of a Reformation, which stands for freedom, justice, education, and social
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equality.
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- Subido por:
- Alicia M.
- Licencia:
- Dominio público
- Visualizaciones:
- 77
- Fecha:
- 28 de enero de 2024 - 19:37
- Visibilidad:
- Público
- Centro:
- IES LA SENDA
- Duración:
- 03′ 54″
- Relación de aspecto:
- 1.78:1
- Resolución:
- 1920x1080 píxeles
- Tamaño:
- 103.01 MBytes
