Thank you so much for this excellent talk regarding the genesis and development of Luther's theology. I love how this ends with the emphasis on God's unconditional, unmerited love. If anyone wants to see this idea fleshed out in an enlightening book, read Brennan Manning's 'The Ragamuffin Gospel.'
oddly enough, some of Luthers concerns had been addressed and, although not complied with, through the Hussites. he seems to have picked up where matters had been left idle. Unfortunately, the make it up to suit yourself sects have thrived' James is the quinessential Epistle, thoroughly Monotheistic
From "Walther and the Revival of Confessional Lutheranism" by Martin R. Noland: "Chemnitz's idea was that confessions should be the means to theological unity within the Lutheran church... the demise of the confessional Lutheran church before the nineteenth century... church historian has... pointing to the... four most significant factors were Roman Catholicism, Calvinism, pietism, and rationalism... The rationalist approach to the Bible and theology received powerful support from the Prussian king, Frederick II... During... his reign, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing published... "On the Proof of the Spirit and of Power" in 1777, the essay that carved out his famous" ditch."... and poured in the acid of Cartesian certainty, poisoning the whole tree of Protestant theology. Lessing was espousing the basic principle of rationalist philosphy, explained earlier by Rene Descartes (1596-1650): "We reject all modes of knowledge that are merely probable (tantum probabiles), and resolve to believe only that which is perfectly known, and in respect of which doubt is not possible."... therefore, the knowledge of God and his revelation cannot depend on the historical accounts in the Bible. This is Lessing's ditch and a train wreck for the Protestant church... Confessional Lutheranism revived from the quadruple attacks... in two stages. The first stage was a conservative religious revival in the German states in the early nineteenth century... It parallels and shares some aspects with what is called the "Second Great Awakening" of Protestantism in America. It also shares many aspects with pietism, which has led some scholars to call it "neo-pietism."... had its roots in the older pietist tradition, but was transformed by its encounter with romanticism... celebration of creative expression. . . and... imagination and intuition again signified a break with the Enlightenment... led to the second stage in the revival of a specifically Lutheran faith... C.F.W. Walther was a product of the revival of confessional Lutheranism in Germany... While studying at the University of Leipzig, Walther joined a group of the II Awakened" who met for group Bible study and prayer, patterned after similar groups started by Francke... The majority reached the questionable conclusion that they were Lutherans... Bethel Confession of August 1933, whose chief authors were Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Hermann Sasse. In response to the question "What is Reformation?" the Bethel Confession replied: The Reformation is essentially a return to Holy Scripture... obedient to the word... Those of us who have studied the Book of Concord... know that Luther and the other Lutheran confessors... did not add to, remove, twist... modify, explain away, or evade the intent of any doctrine in the canonical Scriptures... The obedience... to the Scriptures is perhaps the most repulsive thing... to the modern man... In mathematics and logic . . . we can often "prove" things with a deductive certainty... Yet the apparent superiority of mathematics and logic rests on a sort of conjurer's trick... Nothing can appear in the conclusions which we have not first put into the premises. Empirical natural science, though not quite as tidy as mathematics, is not nearly as "messy" as the humanities. It is simply incomparably easier to describe the "behavior" of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, than to describe that of Julius Caesar or Marie Antoinette... this means that the most important decisions you have to make in life are the most complex... whose problems become evident only after you have made a purchase. There is the decision to... investments... to get married... Descartes and Lessing, in setting up the criterion of absolute certainty, were arguing for an epistemological position that philosophers today call "infaIlibilism."... A better way out of Lessing's Ditch is suggested by American philosopher Alvin Goldman, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. Goldman is a leading proponent of "reliabilism," which posits "degrees of reasonableness" instead of the false dilemma of either certainty or uncertainty... Richard Swinburne, professor of philosophy at Oxford, who has demonstrated that the existence of God is the most "reasonable" explanation for the universe", see media.ctsfw.edu/Text/ViewDetails/3679
Princes such as Fredric the Fox of Saxony, had been strengthen, by new revenues, form the emerging urban mercantile class, may have been seeking to further enrich themselves and increase the power and status. Could it have been the case that they saw the reformation, as an opportunity to seize church property and privileges? It would be interesting to know how much Church monopolies and regulation restricted the operation of various markets engendering the opposition of the same middle class. Luther provided a convenient theological justification, for an economic and political process.
Martin Luther cursed all the time. He once claimed that he was on the toilet when Satan cvame to him so he threw shit (scheiße) at the Devil. One F-bomb is amateur hour from Luther's perspective.
Please consider a hearing test, friend. Stuttering over the word 'far' isn't a profanity. If your hearing was as acute as your sense as outrage, the latter would get less exercise.
I do not not share Prof. Ryrie's faith. Yet his erudition, empathy and candor are clearly a blessing.
Thank you so much for this excellent talk regarding the genesis and development of Luther's theology. I love how this ends with the emphasis on God's unconditional, unmerited love. If anyone wants to see this idea fleshed out in an enlightening book, read Brennan Manning's 'The Ragamuffin Gospel.'
Damn..was that the F-bomb been dropped so unexpectedly at 7:51 ???
No, he stuttered on the word 'far'
Really great lecture!
Thank you!
oddly enough, some of Luthers concerns had been addressed and, although not complied with, through the Hussites. he seems to have picked up where matters had been left idle. Unfortunately, the make it up to suit yourself sects have thrived' James is the quinessential Epistle, thoroughly Monotheistic
From "Walther and the Revival of Confessional Lutheranism" by Martin R. Noland: "Chemnitz's idea was that confessions should be the means to theological unity within the Lutheran church...
the demise of the confessional Lutheran church before the nineteenth century... church historian has... pointing to the... four most significant factors were Roman Catholicism, Calvinism, pietism, and rationalism...
The rationalist approach to the Bible and theology received powerful support from the Prussian king, Frederick II... During... his reign, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing published... "On the Proof of the Spirit and of Power" in 1777, the essay that carved out his famous" ditch."... and poured in the acid of Cartesian certainty, poisoning the whole tree of Protestant theology.
Lessing was espousing the basic principle of rationalist philosphy, explained earlier by Rene Descartes (1596-1650): "We reject all modes of knowledge that are merely probable (tantum probabiles), and resolve to believe only that which is perfectly known, and in respect of which doubt is not possible."...
therefore, the knowledge of God and his revelation cannot depend on the historical accounts in the Bible. This is Lessing's ditch and a train wreck for the Protestant church...
Confessional Lutheranism revived from the quadruple attacks... in two stages. The first stage was a conservative religious revival in the German states in the early nineteenth century... It parallels and shares some aspects with what is called the "Second Great Awakening" of Protestantism in America. It also shares many aspects with pietism, which has led some scholars to call it "neo-pietism."... had its roots in the older pietist tradition, but was transformed by its encounter with romanticism... celebration of creative expression. . . and... imagination and intuition again signified a break with the Enlightenment... led to the second stage in the revival of a specifically Lutheran faith...
C.F.W. Walther was a product of the revival of confessional Lutheranism in Germany... While studying at the University of Leipzig, Walther joined a group of the II Awakened" who met for group Bible study and prayer, patterned after similar groups started by Francke... The majority reached the questionable conclusion that they were Lutherans...
Bethel Confession of August 1933, whose chief authors were Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Hermann Sasse. In response to the question "What is Reformation?" the Bethel Confession replied:
The Reformation is essentially a return to Holy Scripture... obedient to the word...
Those of us who have studied the Book of Concord... know that Luther and the other Lutheran confessors... did not add to, remove, twist... modify, explain away, or evade the intent of any doctrine in the canonical Scriptures...
The obedience... to the Scriptures is perhaps the most repulsive thing... to the modern man...
In mathematics and logic . . . we can often "prove" things with a deductive certainty... Yet the apparent superiority of mathematics and logic rests on a sort of conjurer's trick... Nothing can appear in the conclusions which we have not first put into the premises. Empirical natural science, though not quite as tidy as mathematics, is not nearly as "messy" as the humanities. It is simply incomparably easier to describe the "behavior" of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, than to describe that of Julius Caesar or Marie Antoinette...
this means that the most important decisions you have to make in life are the most complex... whose problems become evident only after you have made a purchase. There is the decision to... investments... to get married...
Descartes and Lessing, in setting up the criterion of absolute certainty, were arguing for an epistemological position that philosophers today call "infaIlibilism."...
A better way out of Lessing's Ditch is suggested by American philosopher Alvin Goldman, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. Goldman is a leading proponent of "reliabilism," which posits "degrees of reasonableness" instead of the false dilemma of either certainty or uncertainty... Richard Swinburne, professor of philosophy at Oxford, who has demonstrated that the existence of God is the most "reasonable" explanation for the universe", see media.ctsfw.edu/Text/ViewDetails/3679
Princes such as Fredric the Fox of Saxony, had been strengthen, by new revenues, form the emerging urban mercantile class, may have been seeking to further enrich themselves and increase the power and status. Could it have been the case that they saw the reformation, as an opportunity to seize church property and privileges? It would be interesting to know how much Church monopolies and regulation restricted the operation of various markets engendering the opposition of the same middle class. Luther provided a convenient theological justification, for an economic and political process.
Where is Part 3? Anyone know?
Listened many times to the last line but I can't understand what he says.
Exelent lecture
Who was Luther's publisher?
I'm sure it's excellent, but the background music is very irritating.
What background music?
The profanity you framed up around 7:47 was uncalled for, and you know it. I didn't come here for that. Im through with you.
Haha wow butt hurt much ? It's just a word. God bless 🙏🏼
Martin Luther cursed all the time. He once claimed that he was on the toilet when Satan cvame to him so he threw shit (scheiße) at the Devil. One F-bomb is amateur hour from Luther's perspective.
No he stuttered on the word 'far'. PS didn't someone Biblical say 'Don't be quick to judge'?
Please consider a hearing test, friend. Stuttering over the word 'far' isn't a profanity. If your hearing was as acute as your sense as outrage, the latter would get less exercise.