A little over 500 years ago Luther nailed those 95 Theses. In 2017 we were all in a dither about this along with the world. It was a big deal. Things are very different this year; the Reformation almost seems like a luxury in days of COVID, elections, and social unrest. But it is the contention of this professor of Reformation History that the real Reformation (Re-Forming the Church) happened in the years immediately after the 95 These were posted. Luther, after the 95 Theses were posted, was thrust into a position of some fame and notoriety. His Theses had touched a nerve. But the Augustinian Monk who walked up to the doors of the Castle Church to post his Theses was not really yet a reformer in anything but the common medieval sense. The medieval church has been described as a series of reformations until one worked (Luther’s!). What happened in 1518 and 1519, however, turned Luther and his nascent movement into a true Reformation.
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Pentecost 2, 2023
The festal season is behind us, unless you want to extend it one more week. This Sunday can be celebrated as the festival of St. Barnabas, the companion of Paul
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