Happy Reformation Day!

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AgLiving06
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Today is not just Halloween, but the day we commemorate the beginning of the Reformation of the Church.

Centuries later, the fight for God's word continues and in some ways it's worse than ever, but the importance of this fight should never be lost!

Happy Reformation Day!

swimmerbabe11
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Happy Reformation Day!
I have lots of fun memes, but also I'm grateful to God for His steadfast love for His people and for the scholars who are always dedicated to the Truth and joy and simplicity of the grace in the Gospel.

I pray may I never outlive my faith!
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swimmerbabe11 said:

Happy Reformation Day!
I have lots of fun memes, but also I'm grateful to God for His steadfast love for His people and for the scholars who are always dedicated to the Truth and joy and simplicity of the grace in the Gospel.

I pray may I never outlive my faith!
Agree with that.
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Jabin
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AgLiving:

I am interested in your take on this blog post by Biblical scholar Michael Kruger explaining his take on the meaning of "Sola Scriptura". He comes from a Reformed background, so I wonder if someone from a Lutheran background would differ?

What Exactly is "Sola Scriptura" Protecting Us Against? - Canon Fodder

Thanks.
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SoulSlaveAG2005
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Obligatory- quitters
Jabin
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SoulSlaveAG2005 said:

Obligatory- quitters
There's a document showing that Luther quit? Did he sign it? If not, what other historical records indicate that he quit?
Martin Q. Blank
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Why is him nailing the theses the "Reformation Day"? He was still appealing to the Pope. I'd say if there was any one day it was when he made his defense, a conscience held captive by the Word of God.
SoulSlaveAG2005
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Just a joke. As a papist every year, I post quitter on the reformation day post. Hence winky face.
Thaddeus73
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And Martin Luther declared....

"To kill a peasant is not murder; it is helping to extinguish the conflagration. Let there be no half measures! Crush them! Cut their throats! Transfix them. Leave no stone unturned! To kill a peasant is to destroy a mad dog! If they say that I am very hard and merciless, mercy be damned. Let whoever can stab, strangle, and kill them like mad dogs."

"The Jews deserve to be hanged on gallows seven times higher than ordinary thieves."
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SoulSlaveAG2005 said:

Obligatory- quitters
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AgLiving06
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I think when you look back at the Reformation over time, I would say Kruger is right. But the "cause" was truly the first one (imo). Nobody argued for individualism and essentialism was a later heretical view of the anabaptist.

But truly what Luther was against was the manmade traditions of Rome that taught a false gospel and kept the faithful away from the Word of God.

That reform was necessary was never debated. Rome acknowledges that as well. But back then, as is today, the question is what interprets Scripture? Rome says the Pope. Luther said Scripture.

And that divide continues to exist today.
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AgLiving06 said:

I think when you look back at the Reformation over time, I would say Kruger is right. But the "cause" was truly the first one (imo). Nobody argued for individualism and essentialism was a later heretical view of the anabaptist.

But truly what Luther was against was the manmade traditions of Rome that taught a false gospel and kept the faithful away from the Word of God.

That reform was necessary was never debated. Rome acknowledges that as well. But back then, as is today, the question is what interprets Scripture? Rome says the Magesterium guided by Scripture, Tradition and the Holy Spirit . Luther said Scripture.

And that divide continues to exist today.



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AgLiving06
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Martin Q. Blank said:

Why is him nailing the theses the "Reformation Day"? He was still appealing to the Pope. I'd say if there was any one day it was when he made his defense, a conscience held captive by the Word of God.


I tend to agree with you. Lutherans are more apt to look to the presentation of the Augsburg Confession as the true start to the Reformation but it's more universal to see Oct 31 as the day.
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AgLiving06 said:

I think when you look back at the Reformation over time, I would say Kruger is right. But the "cause" was truly the first one (imo). Nobody argued for individualism and essentialism was a later heretical view of the anabaptist.

But truly what Luther was against was the manmade traditions of Rome that taught a false gospel and kept the faithful away from the Word of God.

That reform was necessary was never debated. Rome acknowledges that as well. But back then, as is today, the question is what interprets Scripture? Rome says the Pope. Luther said Scripture.

And that divide continues to exist today.

Actual Christ's Church interprets scripture. When Luther said scripture interprets itself, what that essentially meant is that it was open for interpretation for whoever read it because they no longer represented the teaching authority of the Church. Its also why many protestants do not agree with the interpretations Luther still held about scriptures teaching. There lies the problem. Scripture doesn't interpret itself. That's illogical. Either the Holy Spirit or man interprets it.

I don't disagree that the reformation brought reforms in the RCC, but 'man made' traditions that aren't in the bible, like the list of books to be in the bible and not listed, are actually the teachings that came from the Apostles.
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