Friday, November 20, 2009

Thoughts on the last class...Nov 18 class

I admire Martin Luther for standing up against the Catholic Church in his day and starting the Protestant Reformation. With the church being so powerful it took a lot of guts and stamina to do what he did and to risk losing his credentials among other things. Nailing his ninety five theses to the church door of the castle church in Wittenberg he created such uproar that he was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX and declared an outlaw at the Diet of Worms. He cared more about standing up for the truth of what he saw in the Bible and feared God more than the powerful church. His break from Rome created the Lutheran Church and he was and will forever be known as an amazing man and powerful leader. Its no surprise that Dr. Martin Luther King was named after him and had a similar fire of spreading the truth without fear.

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