Absolutely fabulous narrative . I truly admire Martin Luther. He stuck to his convictions in spite of powerful opposition and opened a totally new chapter in our understanding and practice of Christianity . Brave man.
What a wonderful documentary, we are deeply indebted to you Rick Steve's. This documentary should be preserved for posterity for the young people to know how religious freedom obtained. Yes a painstaking amount of hard work and research went to make this audio visual splendor. Finally we want more
I love this. I count myself very blessed to have had the chance to go to Europe. I went with my girlfriend and her parents in Aug, 1990. I got to see the Vatican, and several other cathedrals. This is a very powerful story. With lots of very important lessons to be learned. I hope that the people who see this are as moved as I was. I love the sound of a pipe organ. Thank you.
This was my favorite Rick Steves program. I like learning about all of the European places and their history, but very little has affected my life and the society I live in like the European struggle to understand and appropriate their understanding of God.
Thank you Rick Steves and your team for producing and presenting this important episode in history so clearly. It certainly puts more recent wars into perspective for me.
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany
A masterwork, Mr. Steves. The depth and breadth of your commentary illustrates and motivates the arc of human civilization. You are so far beyond being just a great tour guide pointing out the sights.
Rick Stevens you remind me of the awesome Parishoner that adopted and hosted me for personalized tour of the Presidents Church St. John's just a few blocks from the White House. By chance,my Brother in Faith, was that you? Claude Oliver
Thank you for this enriching documentary! Having grown up as a Methodist, the hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God has inspired our congregations many times! 🙏🎶🎹
Rick. Thanks for the Church history as a member of the CofE I enjoyed your discussion of Martin Luther and his later companions.The history of Rome as the thoughts of Luther about church and power and helping the poor not gaining power for power.Great thoughts from this program thanks,Like the session a history session of the reformation.
Wow! For anyone who has at least a small interest in this period and its ideas both religious and secular, this program is excellent. Did I write excellent? I meant to wrote EXTRAORDINARILY EXCELLENT! Well done Steve!
Outstanding documentary Mr. Rick Steves. I love church history and I am always looking forward to my next trip to the "Luther Trail" for further hands-on study :). God Bless.
I was blessed to go "In the Footsteps of Martin Luther" in 2000 with a group led by a Lutheran pastor from Arlington, Tx. It was an unforgettable 2-wk tour & there were many Lutherans from USA. We visited that year in order to attend the world famous Passion Play, performed every 10 years by the people of the little town of Oberammergau. It was an experience I will never forget! We visited site of Luther's birth and death. It was all very educational & inspirational.
An enlightening presentation to the history of Martin Luther with lessons to be learned regarding suppression of rational, logical understanding and open debate of current global events that we are experiencing today.
Like Abraham Lincoln, I find myself drawn to Martin Luther every October 31 as his personality and bravery still calls to us. Truly a brave man! I can only imagine his feelings as he moved from one spiritual place to another. Thank you for the documentary...please do keep producing them.
@@koppite9600he never wanted to separate the church, but to reform it. He was a Catholic priest who pointed out the irony of non religious practices and abuses of the Church.
@@mic1240 when David wanted to build The Temple he was told no. Solomon came and built it. Luther built without any permission, was he sure God had no one to come after him and reform the Catholic Church? Luther fell into the temptation of building a seperate church.
@@koppite9600 your history is inaccurate. He had no desire to build a distinct church, he wanted reform, as did others. many reforms he and others wanted have come to the Catholic Church. The decisions the Catholic Church mane which had zero to do with Biblical teachings or religious basis, and societal factors (including Luther’s belief all people should be able to read, printing press, etc) fueled.
@@tressabaker6514 neither do i. i have enough money and i drop my protestant girl friend when i converted to catholic. btw, does the catholic church giving money to people to be catholic?
Rick is more like a professor of religious studies in this video than a tour guide. Rick is much more than a video tour guide and vacation guru, he is also obviously a man of deep faith and religious study.
I really like Rick’s travel videos, but he made a mistake in entering into religious themes such as this. His obvious Lutheranism shaded the presentation and has contributed to the division
Perhaps the best Luther's phrase: " Every good Christian must read and write". Amazingly the women took up this task massively. God bless you all. Thank you for this wonderful video.
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Hittler used that doctrine to gain power in Germany, it was in the culture of Lutheran church against the Jewish people. He did followed the Catholic Church doctrine against the Jeswish people. He did translate the bible and did not learned the doctrine of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany
Rick - this is one of your better documentaries. Thank you. But today I still see rich churches and the poor and homeless on their doorsteps. The Churches do not have any authority to be rich and what they hold should be shared out among those in most need.
Corporations are antichrist and run by nicolaitans, that is, clergy over the laity. Priests of Ba'al, basically. Christ's churches are a spiritual entity comprised of called out and assembled saints and any common property is held in trust for the Lord Jesus Christ. My pastor is as accountable to God's word as any other member and no man is above any other in the authoritarian sense. The body labors together and no one has any salary. But you'll never find but a few Baptists who ever so obeyed God, and Luther wanted us exterminated. Why? He's Rome's child. All the reformers are. Perhaps not all lost, but mostly.
Its not up to churches but you as an individual to help people. Didn't your church teach you that God tests our individual agencies to help alleviate suffering?
Also you aren't Christ. You don't get to tell any body of believers what they are to do. what you are describing is a byproduct of Nicolaitanism, which Jesus already condemned, and which the so called reformed so called churches practice openly.
@David Ortiz What's the point? I can say, read the Hussite Wars. Muntzer supported the revolt. And the cause was not about being Catholic (actually many weren't) it was about the oppressive taxes by the nobility. They revolted because they thought they had the Tacit approval of Luther (priesthood of believers doctrine). The peasants revolt followed the Knights Revolt, headed by Franz von Sickingen (Live 5 kilometers from where he died). Why did Luther object to the revolts, he didn't war. He doesn't help himself by his writing style. He also felt that war would only hurt the reformation movement. Heck Even Engels recognized the war was class struggle and not religious. I suggest you read more than just stuff that reinforces your bias.
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The best video on Martin Luther and the reformation I’ve ever seen. Rick is fair about the challenges that Martin Luther struggles with yet he shows the goodness and world changing courage he exemplified.
I did the Luther 500th anniversary Reformation trip a few months before you filmed this awesome video. My choir tour group sang at a Wittenberg Castle Church service. Still trying to grasp all the history I saw!
I too did the 500th anniversary tour and it was amazing! To see the churches and places where Martin Luther lived was a dream come true! Great history and customs in Germany! Very fortunate to do it.
Excellent and Educational! I have watched several documentary videos on the Reformation and Luther recently and this is by far the BEST! We need to get this shown on PBS TV!
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Thanks Rick your not only wonderful travel guide you are a wonderful educator. Iam a big fan and Will always be gratefull for your service of information to me as well all who admire you! Safe travel and Gods speed!
What a terrific documentary ! so clear and precise , weaving in all the different events and impacts on society the reformation had , all I can say is more , more !
Thank you dear Steve This is an amazing educational and interesting narration of history in such a sweet polite manner Long live your spirit of traveling and learning
What an awesome work of research and chronicling the history, really powerful , gracefully done , hats off to the marvellous work , looks effortless amidst the hard work beneath , thanks Rick Steaves !
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany
n Luther's time, the Catholic Church was vast and the Pope could not possibly know everything that is happening within each Church. Modern communication, like phones, telegraph, and the internet did not exist. The undeniable fact that individual Catholics (perhaps the best known of them being the German Dominican Johann Tetzel [1465-1519]) did sell indulgences--but in doing so they acted CONTRARY to explicit Church regulations. This practice is utterly OPPOSED to the Catholic Church's teaching on indulgences, and it cannot be regarded as a teaching or practice of the Church. In the 16th century, when the abuse of indulgences was at its height, Cardinal Cajetan (Tommaso de Vio, 1469-1534) wrote about the problem: "Preachers act in the name of the Church so long as they teach the doctrines of Christ and the Church; but if they teach, guided by their own minds and arbitrariness of will, things of which they are ignorant, they cannot pass as representatives of the Church; it need not be wondered at that they go astray." The Council of Trent instituted severe reforms in the practice of granting indulgences, and, because of prior abuses, "in 1567 Pope Pius V canceled all grants of indulgences involving any fees or other financial transactions" (Catholic Encyclopedia). This act proved the Church’s seriousness about removing abuses from indulgences. ************************************* Yes, the Catholic Church has indulgences, but they were not for sale. They were personal sacrifices made for sinners, so that God would intervene on their behalf, like fasting and praying. If we ignore the fact of indulgences, we neglect what Christ does through us, and we fail to recognize the value of what he has done in us. Paul used this very sort of language: "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church" (Col. 1:24)
"which contributed to the birth of our modern age". Such powerful words. Never had their been a greater increase in knowledge than since this time and it was in a large part due to Luther. He saw how the Church was keeping people ignorant so he encouraged teaching of the masses. This concept, along with Gutenberg's printing press, are what caused Germany to be such a center of knowledge and education which lead to this explosion of knowledge.
Bill Green. Did it not also make Germany the envy of other countries, who then knocked them of their perch with two world wars. They have clawed their way back, be interesting as to what their future is.
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany
@@wilhelminglis494 That's exactly what happened. It seems there is a competing sense of power when one country gets too powerful, the others will put it in its place.
Always does. People like to forget and distance themselves from the embarrassing events of the past as if THOSE people were not as evolved as us. Then they make ignorant, devastating mistakes all over again.
Hello Mr Rick Steve's and all are organisers I am so much grateful to you all ❤️🙏❤️ to this video of Martin Luther King reformations of Christianity 🙏🙏
Thank you Rick & your team for this wonderful presentation. As a Lutheran, I appreciate the deeper dive into my denominations’ beginnings as well as learning the wider impact Luther’s teachings had on world history; it’s like an advanced Confirmation class!
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany
Thank you Mr. Rick Steves for giving us such a splendid guide of exploring various cities across the world and also exposing the historical events that occurred in the past. I am a huge fan of yours and love to learn more from your wonderful creative writing and explaining everything with simple and artistic way.
I been to luther's room in wittenberg castle. I went there when I was stationed in germany. I lived two hours away. I still have a picture in the room.
A T Ur right. The castle is wartburg in eisenach. I got the two names mixed up since the two are related to martin luther. Either way i still have the pic in the room. I was there in 2008. Long time ago. Thanks for the reply.
I just can't thank you enough. Highly researched documentary worth reading hundreds of books. Sir I am indebted to you for this documentary. Today I have learned immensely much better and more than I can do. Thank you again. Salisbury Park, Pune.
I'm not good at apologetics, but I would love to see Taylor Marshall debate this guy on how wonderful Luther was. He even added the word Alone to faith until even his own supporters took exception.
Luther was a master con artist. His motivation to leave the Church wasn’t inspired by any saintly reforming zeal, but rather to justify his immoral and frankly mentally unstable appetites. He capitalised on the corruption of the day to justify leaving the bride of Christ. God have mercy on him!
Well done. What a coherent, well researched, richly approached from many angles and perspectives, presently with maximum clarity piece of work, hence very enlightening. I think schools can learn from this kind of presentation to provide effective teaching, especially in history lessons. Keep up the good work, Steve, and please do not confine yourself to travel shows, only, which are themselves so great. Thank you, again.
Absolutely interesting and it binds a lot of my partial knowledge together. And Rick speaks in a way that is very pleasant to listen to and easy to understand.
I think this is an excellent introduction to church history in Europe. It is well written and produced. I would show it to my students if we were covering this subject. You are a great documentarian Rick.
So glad to see your program, Rick. As usual, you provide much mote than we expect. Your productions are all superb, always have been. Thank you so much…
So is an unrepentant mass murderer also saved if only he believes in Jesus? Works are not to boast but to show charity as Jesus taught us what the first and second most important rules are
If you are angry with your brother, you deserve the same condemnation as a murderer. Remember the sermon on the mount. And a regenerate heart will lead to a different life.
I really enjoyed this video. I am Lutheran and it really brought together what I knew already and learned things I did not know as well. I have visited England and Europe several times and have seen the Vatican and the great cathedrals, but I have never visited the places in Europe that Luther resided. I am very comfortable with the ideas of Luther, and I have been married to a Catholic and have attended with her for her services for 45 years that has made for interesting discussion. I have had my own times for attending a Lutheran church on Sunday mornings while she sleeps late and we attend her services on Saturday evenings. It has worked out well.
@@latrelleodom9484 My Dad was able to do a family tree back to the 1700s with a person from England who settled in southwestern Virginia (Kentucky territory). Captured in the Revolutionay War and taken to Fort Detroit per an Ohio war benefits manuscript my Dad found somehow was taken to British Fort Detroit by Indians and later released, The manuscript was used to apply years later for war benefits. Somehow he resettled in northeastern Ohio and is where my Dad's family lived for generations making it easier for a family tree from cemetery sites. I think the original John Loveless from England had a large family of brothers so you never know. My Dad's direct Lovelees family in Ohio is no longer there. My Dad made his way here to St. Louis (via nearby Scott AFB) via the Air Force. My Dad's brother married a Mormon in Alaska from his days in the Air Force and my Dad enjoyed helping out his brother's wife with genealogy that is important to them.
@@michaelseleke7127 You have to look at the big picture. When I worked in Audit for most of my working years my boss would always remind us to not miss the forest by looking at trees.
@@larryloveless2967 salvation is at stake here. If she dies not believing the truth she will not be saved. And you will be responsible. You know the scripture and its clear. God does not compromise.
Rick I loved your presentation very much clear conceptual thoughts so well simplified ,I appreciate your understanding of a complex subject making it understandable Thanks
Rick Steves is a very talented, knowledgeable blogger who had given very very good knowledge of European culture, cuisine and the importance of all the remarkable places
I'm now 80, born in Amsterdam but moved USA by 12. Have a BA in History. Rick, this documentary blows me away, with such warring contrasting dogmas explaining the border lines today, This illustrative guiding on spot helps empower both my empathy and anger at 'religious' fanaticism as a justification for a brutality no other animal on earth would even consider. I think doing a video on Jewish history in Europe would be helpful right now.
Very fascinating. I learned a lot that I didn't know about Luther. I hope to one day travel to Germany and visit some of the towns related to him and his Reformation.
You have to visit "Wittenberg" where he taught and "Eisenach" where he lived disgiused as "Junker Jörg"in the big castle you saw at the beginning of this documentary! And perhaps "Eisleben" were he was born. This three towns are all to find in Eastern Germany not very far from each other! I hope you will enjoy your trip one day!
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This excellent documentary helped me a lot, despite the same Bible, read it, to convert from Catholicism to Protestantism, the simplicity and pure truth of the Gospel is greater than any dogma that is based on trafficking and not on the Word of God, it has This magnificent documentary about such a remarkable man of God helped a lot. thanks!!! you that the reform continues to carry the Sacred Scriptures in the hearts of the people for Salvation in Christ Jesus
@David Ortiz I beg to differ. The Orthodox wrote the Bible, not the Roman Catholic. The Roman Catholic had not even split from the Orthodox Church yet.
@David Ortiz They put together the new and old testament. They didn't write it, most of the new testament was written by Paul. And others from the early church. Chritiany changed when it was adopted by the Roman's they started changing it with pagan stuff like idols.
That is just you. After reading the bible I realized the Catholic Church was the only church Christ founded. Christ nor the Apostles ever preached Sola Scriptura or Sola Fide. I was an Evangelical and never again will I return to that mess where somebody with a bible in their hand can just found their own church and become their own Pope. You got sold a bag of lies my friend.
@@Jesus-is-Salvation No wrong. I can see you are a big disciple of Dave Hunt and John McArthur. Idolatry is forbidden in the Church. Having a piece of art like a Statue of Saint Michael as a decoration is not. Christianity went through this in something called the Iconoclast Controversy. Read about it. Even the Ark of the Covenant had two cherubs on it. That is just slander what you are saying. The early church is the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Absolutely fabulous narrative . I truly admire Martin Luther. He stuck to his convictions in spite of powerful opposition and opened a totally new chapter in our understanding and practice of Christianity . Brave man.
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What a wonderful documentary, we are deeply indebted to you Rick Steve's. This documentary should be preserved for posterity for the young people to know how religious freedom obtained. Yes a painstaking amount of hard work and research went to make this audio visual splendor. Finally we want more
Without the reformation, we wouldn’t even know what the future would look like.
I love this. I count myself very blessed to have had the chance to go to Europe. I went with my girlfriend and her parents in Aug, 1990. I got to see the Vatican, and several other cathedrals. This is a very powerful story. With lots of very important lessons to be learned. I hope that the people who see this are as moved as I was. I love the sound of a pipe organ. Thank you.
@@ianhobbs4984 get a life bro
doubt u was there. cause then u would know the vatican is not a cathedral
Saint Peters basilica is in Vatican city. Give him a break. I say it in Latin if you desire even more precision?
This was my favorite Rick Steves program. I like learning about all of the European places and their history, but very little has affected my life and the society I live in like the European struggle to understand and appropriate their understanding of God.
Thank you Rick Steves and your team for producing and presenting this important episode in history so clearly. It certainly puts more recent wars into perspective for me.
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany
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A masterwork, Mr. Steves. The depth and breadth of your commentary illustrates and motivates the arc of human civilization. You are so far beyond being just a great tour guide pointing out the sights.
Agree!! Excellent comment.
Thank you Rick Steves and associates, for helping us to more easily see our wonderful world and it's amazing history.
Rick Stevens you remind me of the awesome Parishoner that adopted and hosted me for personalized tour of the Presidents Church St. John's just a few blocks from the White House. By chance,my Brother in Faith, was that you? Claude Oliver
@@claudeoliver6138 Is he Claude Oliver?
Thank you for this enriching documentary! Having grown up as a Methodist, the hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God has inspired our congregations many times! 🙏🎶🎹
Luther's contribution to modern day Christianity is beyond
words. Truly, this man was a world shaker that should never
be forgotten.
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could Jan Huss not be counted as one of Luther's inspiration though
Rick. Thanks for the Church history as a member of the CofE I enjoyed your discussion of Martin Luther and his later companions.The history of Rome as the thoughts of Luther about church and power and helping the poor not gaining power for power.Great thoughts from this program thanks,Like the session a history session of the reformation.
Wow! For anyone who has at least a small interest in this period and its ideas both religious and secular, this program is excellent. Did I write excellent? I meant to wrote EXTRAORDINARILY EXCELLENT! Well done Steve!
Rick Steves has hit his high mark with this production. Outstanding!
Outstanding documentary Mr. Rick Steves. I love church history and I am always looking forward to my next trip to the "Luther Trail" for further hands-on study :). God Bless.
I was blessed to go "In the Footsteps of Martin Luther" in 2000 with a group led by a Lutheran pastor from Arlington, Tx. It was an unforgettable 2-wk tour & there were many Lutherans from USA. We visited that year in order to attend the world famous Passion Play, performed every 10 years by the people of the little town of Oberammergau. It was an experience I will never forget! We visited site of Luther's birth and death. It was all very educational & inspirational.
Well, he is your messiah.
An enlightening presentation to the history of Martin Luther with lessons to be learned regarding suppression of rational, logical understanding and open debate of current global events that we are experiencing today.
Lessons in the propagation of a lie.
Wonderful job, Rick. Thank you for doing justice to this still controversial topic. Excellent show.
This is one of them most interesting religious history documentaries I have ever watched.
Like Abraham Lincoln, I find myself drawn to Martin Luther every October 31 as his personality and bravery still calls to us. Truly a brave man! I can only imagine his feelings as he moved from one spiritual place to another. Thank you for the documentary...please do keep producing them.
He put himself above the church
@@koppite9600he never wanted to separate the church, but to reform it. He was a Catholic priest who pointed out the irony of non religious practices and abuses of the Church.
@@mic1240 when David wanted to build The Temple he was told no. Solomon came and built it. Luther built without any permission, was he sure God had no one to come after him and reform the Catholic Church?
Luther fell into the temptation of building a seperate church.
@@koppite9600 your history is inaccurate. He had no desire to build a distinct church, he wanted reform, as did others. many reforms he and others wanted have come to the Catholic Church. The decisions the Catholic Church mane which had zero to do with Biblical teachings or religious basis, and societal factors (including Luther’s belief all people should be able to read, printing press, etc) fueled.
This was different, and superb. Good to see Rick branch out. He is a great story teller & does a wonderful job of bringing the story home.
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@@jentjiaotjhen2756 I wouldn't be a Catholic for "love or money!"
@@tressabaker6514 neither do i. i have enough money and i drop my protestant girl friend when i converted to catholic. btw, does the catholic church giving money to people to be catholic?
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Rick is more like a professor of religious studies in this video than a tour guide. Rick is much more than a video tour guide and vacation guru, he is also obviously a man of deep faith and religious study.
I really like Rick’s travel videos, but he made a mistake in entering into religious themes such as this. His obvious Lutheranism shaded the presentation and has contributed to the division
This is one of the very best documentaries I have ever watched. Thank you.
Perhaps the best Luther's phrase: " Every good Christian must read and write". Amazingly the women took up this task massively. God bless you all. Thank you for this wonderful video.
ah but Luther never got to text a emoji tho
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Hittler used that doctrine to gain power in Germany, it was in the culture of Lutheran church against the Jewish people. He did followed the Catholic Church doctrine against the Jeswish people. He did translate the bible and did not learned the doctrine of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
"It is worth the trouble..." Truer words were never spoken!!Thank you for a great program!!
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany
Rick - this is one of your better documentaries. Thank you. But today I still see rich churches and the poor and homeless on their doorsteps. The Churches do not have any authority to be rich and what they hold should be shared out among those in most need.
Corporations are antichrist and run by nicolaitans, that is, clergy over the laity. Priests of Ba'al, basically. Christ's churches are a spiritual entity comprised of called out and assembled saints and any common property is held in trust for the Lord Jesus Christ. My pastor is as accountable to God's word as any other member and no man is above any other in the authoritarian sense. The body labors together and no one has any salary. But you'll never find but a few Baptists who ever so obeyed God, and Luther wanted us exterminated. Why? He's Rome's child. All the reformers are. Perhaps not all lost, but mostly.
Its not up to churches but you as an individual to help people. Didn't your church teach you that God tests our individual agencies to help alleviate suffering?
Also you aren't Christ. You don't get to tell any body of believers what they are to do. what you are describing is a byproduct of Nicolaitanism, which Jesus already condemned, and which the so called reformed so called churches practice openly.
Amen, God speaks of these false profits and how He wll deal with them in the end days [now}
Excellent discussion,
Thank you for an incisive and inspiring presentation of Luther's doubt, faith, courage and action. You put your heart into this. Well done.
Janet Clark..... Sure right.... You forgot to stay all the people he had murdered for not believing in his beliefs and interpretation
@@stevenmotta8207 I was letting Rick Steves know I appreciated his work.
@@stevenmotta8207 You forgot all the people the Church had killed for being heretics.
@@stevenmotta8207 Who did Luther murder???? Please cite the source of your statement
@David Ortiz What's the point? I can say, read the Hussite Wars. Muntzer supported the revolt. And the cause was not about being Catholic (actually many weren't) it was about the oppressive taxes by the nobility. They revolted because they thought they had the Tacit approval of Luther (priesthood of believers doctrine). The peasants revolt followed the Knights Revolt, headed by Franz von Sickingen (Live 5 kilometers from where he died).
Why did Luther object to the revolts, he didn't war. He doesn't help himself by his writing style. He also felt that war would only hurt the reformation movement. Heck Even Engels recognized the war was class struggle and not religious.
I suggest you read more than just stuff that reinforces your bias.
Masterclass! Thank you Rick. Your pleasant voice and naunced storytelling open the heart to learning and enjoying.
Agreed. Remarkably well done. I enjoyed it and it was riveting at times.
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The best video on Martin Luther and the reformation I’ve ever seen. Rick is fair about the challenges that Martin Luther struggles with yet he shows the goodness and world changing courage he exemplified.
Crikey, if that is the case I feel sorry for the other videos you've watched.
Honestly, this is the best answer I've gotten to a question I was not sure how or whom to ask without getting a bunch of historical bias. Thank you.
What is your question?
Steve's opinion is slightly biased too.
I'm also curious about her "question".@@carolgoering6585
I did the Luther 500th anniversary Reformation trip a few months before you filmed this awesome video. My choir tour group sang at a Wittenberg Castle Church service. Still trying to grasp all the history I saw!
Oh, I wish I could have been there
I too did the 500th anniversary tour and it was amazing! To see the churches and places where Martin Luther lived was a dream come true! Great history and customs in Germany! Very fortunate to do it.
Excellent and Educational! I have watched several documentary videos on the Reformation and Luther recently and this is by far the BEST! We need to get this shown on PBS TV!
In his own charming way Steves carries us through those troubled times. Very informative & enlightning!
One of the best programs I've ever watched on TH-cam. Good job, Rick Steves!
A great tribute to history. I am a historian of many years and have found this so informative. Thank you
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Excellent! I had no idea Steves could produce a historical documentary. Well done.
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Thanks Rick your not only wonderful travel guide you are a wonderful educator. Iam a big fan and Will always be gratefull for your service of information to me as well all who admire you!
Safe travel and Gods speed!
I'm thankful to my family for an education in the Lutheran faith. And thanks to our Lord that Pastor lived and succeeded in the tasks God gave him.
Rick Steves grew up in the Lutheran church....
Same. Very thankful, especially in these past 3 years.
I feel blessed having learned so much through an entertaining documentary... So much food for the mind
What a terrific documentary ! so clear and precise , weaving in all the different events and impacts on society the reformation had , all I can say is more , more !
You are welcome
Thank you dear Steve
This is an amazing educational and interesting narration of history in such a sweet polite manner
Long live your spirit of traveling and learning
What an awesome work of research and chronicling the history, really powerful , gracefully done , hats off to the marvellous work , looks effortless amidst the hard work beneath , thanks Rick Steaves !
wonderful work it is rick. still God lives in many lives in HIS own way to love and serve the humanity.
God is a Title like saying, Mister___. There were many gods, but only one Creator. So which god are you talking about?
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany
Another great video, Rick. I wish I'd have had you as my history teacher in school. Strange though, that I have missed this video for four years.
n Luther's time, the Catholic Church was vast
and the Pope could not possibly know everything that is happening within each Church.
Modern communication, like phones, telegraph, and the internet did not exist.
The undeniable fact that individual Catholics
(perhaps the best known of them being the German Dominican Johann Tetzel [1465-1519])
did sell indulgences--but in doing so they acted CONTRARY to explicit Church regulations.
This practice is utterly OPPOSED to the Catholic Church's teaching on indulgences,
and it cannot be regarded as a teaching or practice of the Church.
In the 16th century, when the abuse of indulgences was at its height,
Cardinal Cajetan (Tommaso de Vio, 1469-1534) wrote about the problem:
"Preachers act in the name of the Church
so long as they teach the doctrines of Christ and the Church;
but if they teach, guided by their own minds and arbitrariness of will,
things of which they are ignorant, they cannot pass as representatives of the Church;
it need not be wondered at that they go astray."
The Council of Trent instituted severe reforms in the practice of granting indulgences,
and, because of prior abuses,
"in 1567 Pope Pius V canceled all grants of indulgences
involving any fees or other financial transactions" (Catholic Encyclopedia).
This act proved the Church’s seriousness about removing abuses from indulgences.
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Yes, the Catholic Church has indulgences, but they were not for sale.
They were personal sacrifices made for sinners, so that God would intervene on their behalf,
like fasting and praying.
If we ignore the fact of indulgences, we neglect what Christ does through us,
and we fail to recognize the value of what he has done in us.
Paul used this very sort of language: "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh
I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church"
(Col. 1:24)
Oil prices have
Thank you Mr. Stevens. One of your better programs that deal with the past in my opinion.
"which contributed to the birth of our modern age". Such powerful words. Never had their been a greater increase in knowledge than since this time and it was in a large part due to Luther. He saw how the Church was keeping people ignorant so he encouraged teaching of the masses.
This concept, along with Gutenberg's printing press, are what caused Germany to be such a center of knowledge and education which lead to this explosion of knowledge.
Bill Green. Did it not also make Germany the envy of other countries, who then knocked them of their perch with two world wars. They have clawed their way back, be interesting as to what their future is.
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany
@@sidneycabianca8768 Thanks for the tip. I think I'll check it out.
@@wilhelminglis494 That's exactly what happened. It seems there is a competing sense of power when one country gets too powerful, the others will put it in its place.
This is a great presentation, a different look at Rick Steves. Always the great storyteller.
Who is Rick Steves?
Well done!!! And an important reminder of how today's freedoms, sometimes taken for granted, were won.
Hello Rick Steves explore the history thanks for feeding Our brain 🧠 great effort ,Europe is great God bless and peace Alleluia AMEN 🙏
Thank you Rick for a balanced well searched factual narrative. Indeed hard earned but it is all worth it - to those who heard, understood, and obeyed❤
The Cathedrals back then we're so beautiful. And huge how did they do it all back then??
They still are 🍕
2:25 Stockholm old town (location not mentioned in the end credits).
Engineering genius and continual mathematical discovery and innovation.
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@@cm9241 I hope you're not serious. The Rule of Gold does not predicate creativity, Truth and Beauty.
It appears that History is repeating itself. Particularly in the USA and S. Africa
Always does. People like to forget and distance themselves from the embarrassing events of the past as if THOSE people were not as evolved as us. Then they make ignorant, devastating mistakes all over again.
Joan Fredericks- how so?
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True
Everything is cyclical
Revival is coming, spread the word.
Hello Mr Rick Steve's and all are organisers I am so much grateful to you all ❤️🙏❤️ to this video of Martin Luther King reformations of Christianity 🙏🙏
Thank you Rick & your team for this wonderful presentation. As a Lutheran, I appreciate the deeper dive into my denominations’ beginnings as well as learning the wider impact Luther’s teachings had on world history; it’s like an advanced Confirmation class!
It's odd that your denomination did not exist for 1500 years. So people were in the wrong until your denomination came along.
@@noahway13 Anyone who removes or adds to the books of the bible shall be condemned.
@@noahway13 October 31, 1517.
@@OlesonMD Condemned by people or by the god?
@@noahway13 It is spelled out in the Bible.
Thank you for this video .. Due to this corona virus outbreak we are learning history from this TH-cam video Martin Luther..
I have read all of Luther's Table Talk. He never said any such thing. You are a liar and The Truth is Not In You.
Excellent, every picture & reenactment wonderfully portrayed. Praise God & thank you Rick for your dedication to truth.
Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People. Upon that doctrine Hittler used to gain power in Germany
I hope he will make more shows like this. The history channel should show this as well as PBS.
PBS will show why vaccine are important. Why? It's the propaganda wing of bill gates.
I will
Most excellent documentary I have seen in a long time! Thank you Rick Steves a million times over!!!!!!!!
He made it simple and crystal clear !
BigThanks
I Agree Very clear
This is a good history lesson about Catholic Church and Martin Luther's reformation. Thanks Rick!
Thank you Mr. Rick Steves for giving us such a splendid guide of exploring various cities across the world and also exposing the historical events that occurred in the past. I am a huge fan of yours and love to learn more from your wonderful creative writing and explaining everything with simple and artistic way.
I been to luther's room in wittenberg castle. I went there when I was stationed in germany. I lived two hours away. I still have a picture in the room.
That's cool!
Awesome
A T Ur right. The castle is wartburg in eisenach. I got the two names mixed up since the two are related to martin luther. Either way i still have the pic in the room. I was there in 2008. Long time ago. Thanks for the reply.
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This is my all time favourite from Mr Steves.
I just can't thank you enough. Highly researched documentary worth reading hundreds of books. Sir I am indebted to you for this documentary. Today I have learned immensely much better and more than I can do. Thank you again. Salisbury Park, Pune.
I'm not good at apologetics, but I would love to see Taylor Marshall debate this guy on how wonderful Luther was. He even added the word Alone to faith until even his own supporters took exception.
Luther was a master con artist. His motivation to leave the Church wasn’t inspired by any saintly reforming zeal, but rather to justify his immoral and frankly mentally unstable appetites. He capitalised on the corruption of the day to justify leaving the bride of Christ. God have mercy on him!
Agree, he painted way too rosy a picture of Luther, who wasn't a nice guy at all. Despicable even. 😑
Excellent. A brilliant, not overly-academic, account. Very simple and factual. Well done!
Well done. What a coherent, well researched, richly approached from many angles and perspectives, presently with maximum clarity piece of work, hence very enlightening. I think schools can learn from this kind of presentation to provide effective teaching, especially in history lessons. Keep up the good work, Steve, and please do not confine yourself to travel shows, only, which are themselves so great. Thank you, again.
Brilliant ! Compliments for clarifying and commending the contribution of Martin Luther. he indeed was a reformer in true sense.
Ajay Sabharwal He really didn't reform anything. He started a new church.
Absolutely interesting and it binds a lot of my partial knowledge together. And Rick speaks in a way that is very pleasant to listen to and easy to understand.
I think this is an excellent introduction to church history in Europe. It is well written and produced. I would show it to my students if we were covering this subject. You are a great documentarian Rick.
55 minutes of pure gold.
Thank you for the educational and enlightening video.
May God bless R. Steve’s history story which my Bible school has adopted. Live forever!
U ARE LIFTED. Archbishop D.
BRILLIANTY described! Love and enjoyed watching.
Mister Rick, you are a genius. WHAT a documentary. Gratiam Tibi agemus.
So glad to see your program, Rick. As usual, you provide much mote than we expect.
Your productions are all superb, always have been.
Thank you so much…
Great video. I learned a lot. Thank you Rick Steves and to your team. Stay safe and God bless.
I have the PBS DVD Martin Luther. It is one of my very favorites out of my hundred-plus PBS DVDs.
Than you MR.RICK THIS INFORMATION HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE REFORMATION . GOD BLESS YOU FOR EVER.
🤍thank you Jesus that I’m saved by grace through faith and not through works so that I may boast. God you’re so merciful and gracious❤️
So is an unrepentant mass murderer also saved if only he believes in Jesus? Works are not to boast but to show charity as Jesus taught us what the first and second most important rules are
Gg
If you are angry with your brother, you deserve the same condemnation as a murderer. Remember the sermon on the mount. And a regenerate heart will lead to a different life.
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Thanks Rick. This is great. I thought you just travel the world to explore nature but you also help change our thinking in our theology..
Steve, well done. Thank you and praise the Lord.
I really enjoyed this video. I am Lutheran and it really brought together what I knew already and learned things I did not know as well. I have visited England and Europe several times and have seen the Vatican and the great cathedrals, but I have never visited the places in Europe that Luther resided. I am very comfortable with the ideas of Luther, and I have been married to a Catholic and have attended with her for her services for 45 years that has made for interesting discussion. I have had my own times for attending a Lutheran church on Sunday mornings while she sleeps late and we attend her services on Saturday evenings. It has worked out well.
That's interesting. By the way I am a Loveless. My family is from Alabama.
@@latrelleodom9484 My Dad was able to do a family tree back to the 1700s with a person from England who settled in southwestern Virginia (Kentucky territory). Captured in the Revolutionay War and taken to Fort Detroit per an Ohio war benefits manuscript my Dad found somehow was taken to British Fort Detroit by Indians and later released, The manuscript was used to apply years later for war benefits. Somehow he resettled in northeastern Ohio and is where my Dad's family lived for generations making it easier for a family tree from cemetery sites. I think the original John Loveless from England had a large family of brothers so you never know. My Dad's direct Lovelees family in Ohio is no longer there. My Dad made his way here to St. Louis (via nearby Scott AFB) via the Air Force. My Dad's brother married a Mormon in Alaska from his days in the Air Force and my Dad enjoyed helping out his brother's wife with genealogy that is important to them.
How do you cope in terms of scripture? You attend a protestant church and she attends a pagan church?
@@michaelseleke7127 You have to look at the big picture. When I worked in Audit for most of my working years my boss would always remind us to not miss the forest by looking at trees.
@@larryloveless2967 salvation is at stake here. If she dies not believing the truth she will not be saved. And you will be responsible. You know the scripture and its clear. God does not compromise.
Thank you so much for sharing the story of the braves of the Lord with us. 💪
One of the best and most Godly vedio work i can find on TH-cam 👍👍👍👍👍greetings from taiwan 🙏🕯️
Rick I loved your presentation very much clear conceptual thoughts so well simplified ,I appreciate your understanding of a complex subject making it understandable Thanks
Rick, thanks for an excellent portrayal of a major part of worthy human history with distinction.
Thanks so much Rick. To be honest our inspration to visit Europe together is largely due to your videos. May not happen this year, but it will come.
I'm not religious, but I like history, as it explains behaviour today.
Denis: Behavior today can be explained by Isaiah 17:9
So true. History reveals human nature so well
who else is doing their hw that they got assigned
@David Ortiz David, Are you Catholic?
I'm not religious. 🙄
Yes you are. 😴
This history is so important to our understanding of our world yet few of us have been taught it...until now! Thsnk- you! You did a superb job!
Superb! Fair! Accurate! Informative! A must for students of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
One of the best TH-cam presentations. I truly enjoyed and thank you for your explanation of the Protestant Reformation.
arlene smith It certainly was an interesting presentation. However, a bit one sided.
Thank you Rick for bringing more history alive!
Rick Steves is a very talented, knowledgeable blogger who had given very very good knowledge of European culture, cuisine and the importance of all the remarkable places
Thank you for this educational and remarkable history lesson.
Thank you for your beautiful and deep study.
Excellent, Rick Steve’s! Great job! Thank you and God bless! 🙏
“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.
What a great storytelling. Thank you so much.
I'm now 80, born in Amsterdam but moved USA by 12. Have a BA in History. Rick, this documentary blows me away, with such warring contrasting dogmas explaining the border lines today, This illustrative guiding on spot helps empower both my empathy and anger at 'religious' fanaticism as a justification for a brutality no other animal on earth would even consider. I think doing a video on Jewish history in Europe would be helpful right now.
Very fascinating. I learned a lot that I didn't know about Luther. I hope to one day travel to Germany and visit some of the towns related to him and his Reformation.
You have to visit "Wittenberg" where he taught and "Eisenach" where he lived disgiused as "Junker Jörg"in the big castle you saw at the beginning of this documentary! And perhaps "Eisleben" were he was born. This three towns are all to find in Eastern Germany not very far from each other! I hope you will enjoy your trip one day!
A man doing what he knew was the right thing regardless of the push back as best he could.
Loved this...visited Rome some years ago and didn't want to leave! My favorite country....And Steve, my favorite researcher!
Hi Helen! You may be familiar w/Rick's travel videos set in Italy, definitely his favorite country. If not, be sure to see them, free online......🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 Of course, of Norwegian ancestry, RS loves N. too! 🇧🇻🇧🇻. AND, the U.S.A. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 ♥️♥️♥️.
This excellent documentary helped me a lot, despite the same Bible, read it, to convert from Catholicism to Protestantism, the simplicity and pure truth of the Gospel is greater than any dogma that is based on trafficking and not on the Word of God, it has This magnificent documentary about such a remarkable man of God helped a lot. thanks!!!
you that the reform continues to carry the Sacred Scriptures in the hearts of the people for Salvation in Christ Jesus
I am happy you found Jesus
@David Ortiz I beg to differ. The Orthodox wrote the Bible, not the Roman Catholic. The Roman Catholic had not even split from the Orthodox Church yet.
@David Ortiz They put together the new and old testament. They didn't write it, most of the new testament was written by Paul. And others from the early church. Chritiany changed when it was adopted by the Roman's they started changing it with pagan stuff like idols.
That is just you. After reading the bible I realized the Catholic Church was the only church Christ founded. Christ nor the Apostles ever preached Sola Scriptura or Sola Fide. I was an Evangelical and never again will I return to that mess where somebody with a bible in their hand can just found their own church and become their own Pope. You got sold a bag of lies my friend.
@@Jesus-is-Salvation No wrong. I can see you are a big disciple of Dave Hunt and John McArthur. Idolatry is forbidden in the Church. Having a piece of art like a Statue of Saint Michael as a decoration is not. Christianity went through this in something called the Iconoclast Controversy. Read about it. Even the Ark of the Covenant had two cherubs on it. That is just slander what you are saying. The early church is the Catholic and Orthodox churches.