Rick Steves' Luther and the Reformation

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  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2017
  • Rick Steves' Europe © 2016 | Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther kicked off the Protestant Reformation, which contributed to the birth of our modern age. In this one-hour special - filmed on location in Europe - Rick Steves tells the story of a humble monk who lived a dramatic life. Rick visits key sites relating to the Reformation (including Erfurt, Wittenberg, and Rome) and explores the complicated political world of 16th-century Europe - from indulgences to iconoclasts, and from the printing press to the Counter-Reformation. It’s a story of power, rebellion, and faith that you’ll never forget. #ricksteves #ricksteveseurope #martinluther
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  • @noneleevaleros2090
    @noneleevaleros2090 2 роки тому +132

    I belong to the Roman Catholic Church but it is good to learn more about Luther's side of the story through this documentary. It is very informative and gave me another perspective of the faith. Thank you very much...

    • @thisworldisnotmyhome4888
      @thisworldisnotmyhome4888 Рік тому +5

      still catholic are practicing rally fel sory for them catolic
      i

    • @bobsmith-qu2oq
      @bobsmith-qu2oq Рік тому +8

      How do you justify belonging to a team of child abusers?

    • @noneleevaleros2090
      @noneleevaleros2090 Рік тому +43

      @@bobsmith-qu2oq The sin of a handful should not be blamed on everyone. Everybody makes mistakes and yes, offenders need to be sanctioned. However, there are a lot of Catholics who are trying their best to live according to the good teachings of Christ. I hope you can also see the good side of the Catholic Church. It is not a perfect community; but then, every organization. group or community has its strengths and weaknesses. May God bless you!

    • @janettedavis6627
      @janettedavis6627 Рік тому +6

      @@thisworldisnotmyhome4888 Go and learn English.

    • @user-bz9ld2go3g
      @user-bz9ld2go3g Рік тому +14

      @@janettedavis6627 she is Filipina and most likely she can speak better English than you. I know first hand the Filipinos have a great command of English. My wife is Filipina

  • @francismwaura3954
    @francismwaura3954 8 місяців тому +40

    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.

  • @devarayalu7414
    @devarayalu7414 Рік тому +65

    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

  • @LorelLa22
    @LorelLa22 Рік тому +9

    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! 🙏🎶🎹

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist2 2 роки тому +64

    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.

    • @veterahn9587
      @veterahn9587 2 роки тому +1

      @@ianhobbs4984 get a life bro

    • @svenkonig778
      @svenkonig778 Рік тому +1

      doubt u was there. cause then u would know the vatican is not a cathedral

    • @dalenulik5622
      @dalenulik5622 Місяць тому +2

      Saint Peters basilica is in Vatican city. Give him a break. I say it in Latin if you desire even more precision?

  • @LATVERIAN1
    @LATVERIAN1 3 роки тому +45

    Luther's contribution to modern day Christianity is beyond
    words. Truly, this man was a world shaker that should never
    be forgotten.

  • @pprehn5268
    @pprehn5268 3 місяці тому +2

    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.

  • @gregorywest5643
    @gregorywest5643 2 роки тому +46

    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.

  • @sarahnichols4439
    @sarahnichols4439 Рік тому +7

    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.

    • @koppite9600
      @koppite9600 11 місяців тому

      He put himself above the church

    • @mic1240
      @mic1240 8 місяців тому +1

      @@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.

    • @koppite9600
      @koppite9600 8 місяців тому

      @@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.

    • @mic1240
      @mic1240 8 місяців тому +1

      @@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.

  • @JimmyFloridatube
    @JimmyFloridatube 3 роки тому +26

    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.

    • @ruthhammons5580
      @ruthhammons5580 3 роки тому +4

      He is Lutheran! ;o] He shoudl know all of this!!!! God Bless Rick for sharing hte truth!

    • @hotconcrete
      @hotconcrete 17 днів тому

      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

  • @clintonstahlman4618
    @clintonstahlman4618 2 роки тому +22

    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!

  • @karincote8233
    @karincote8233 2 роки тому +8

    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.

  • @tenneseetoo
    @tenneseetoo 3 роки тому +17

    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.

    • @bradlarsen5337
      @bradlarsen5337 Місяць тому

      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!

  • @wildflowers5555
    @wildflowers5555 4 роки тому +72

    Thank you Rick Steves and associates, for helping us to more easily see our wonderful world and it's amazing history.

    • @claudeoliver6138
      @claudeoliver6138 2 роки тому +2

      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

    • @911Certifiedrobertwatson
      @911Certifiedrobertwatson 2 роки тому +3

      @@claudeoliver6138 Is he Claude Oliver?

  • @MagnificentGermanywithDarion
    @MagnificentGermanywithDarion Рік тому +14

    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.

  • @ogearlds9
    @ogearlds9 2 роки тому +63

    Wonderful job, Rick. Thank you for doing justice to this still controversial topic. Excellent show.

  • @ralphstephan353
    @ralphstephan353 2 роки тому +121

    Rick Steves has hit his high mark with this production. Outstanding!

  • @vcom2327
    @vcom2327 Рік тому +45

    Excellent! I had no idea Steves could produce a historical documentary. Well done.

  • @nuusamuelu2430
    @nuusamuelu2430 7 місяців тому +1

    In my class assignment I am representing this fellow reformer Martin Luther.Thanks to this Vid I have more understanding of this wonderful reformer the father of Protestantism.😊

  • @JWC-iw9um
    @JWC-iw9um 3 роки тому +51

    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.

    • @a.d.marshall2748
      @a.d.marshall2748 3 роки тому +1

      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.

    • @vaughangarrick
      @vaughangarrick 3 роки тому +3

      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?

    • @a.d.marshall2748
      @a.d.marshall2748 3 роки тому

      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.

    • @Jesusisatthedoor
      @Jesusisatthedoor 3 роки тому

      Amen, God speaks of these false profits and how He wll deal with them in the end days [now}

    • @simonmartin5048
      @simonmartin5048 3 роки тому +1

      Excellent discussion,

  • @janetclark5668
    @janetclark5668 4 роки тому +39

    Thank you for an incisive and inspiring presentation of Luther's doubt, faith, courage and action. You put your heart into this. Well done.

    • @stevenmotta8207
      @stevenmotta8207 4 роки тому +3

      Janet Clark..... Sure right.... You forgot to stay all the people he had murdered for not believing in his beliefs and interpretation

    • @janetclark5668
      @janetclark5668 4 роки тому +7

      @@stevenmotta8207 I was letting Rick Steves know I appreciated his work.

    • @davemaxa5263
      @davemaxa5263 4 роки тому +4

      @@stevenmotta8207 You forgot all the people the Church had killed for being heretics.

    • @lesparks126
      @lesparks126 4 роки тому +5

      @@stevenmotta8207 Who did Luther murder???? Please cite the source of your statement

    • @lesparks126
      @lesparks126 3 роки тому +1

      @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.

  • @sailinginps
    @sailinginps 4 роки тому +15

    One of the best programs I've ever watched on UA-cam. Good job, Rick Steves!

  • @RobertKoo
    @RobertKoo 3 роки тому +1

    This is a good history lesson about Catholic Church and Martin Luther's reformation. Thanks Rick!

  • @karenmariahernandez
    @karenmariahernandez 7 місяців тому +13

    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!

  • @lawrencebaker2318
    @lawrencebaker2318 5 років тому +38

    "It is worth the trouble..." Truer words were never spoken!!Thank you for a great program!!

    • @sidneycabianca8768
      @sidneycabianca8768 2 роки тому

      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

  • @markwilliams5681
    @markwilliams5681 4 роки тому +162

    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.

    • @jentjiaotjhen2756
      @jentjiaotjhen2756 3 роки тому +5

      UNBALANCE STORY TELLER.

    • @tressabaker6514
      @tressabaker6514 3 роки тому +3

      @@jentjiaotjhen2756 I wouldn't be a Catholic for "love or money!"

    • @jentjiaotjhen2756
      @jentjiaotjhen2756 3 роки тому +3

      @@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?

    • @fiorfabian141
      @fiorfabian141 3 роки тому

      @Michelle Michelle b BBC bbn moo LLP p.o

    • @artriegatewood1501
      @artriegatewood1501 3 роки тому +3

      I'm sorry disregard previous. I Pocket dialed accidentally while walking after this mornings prayer🙏.

  • @gpnworldwide
    @gpnworldwide 3 роки тому +4

    May God bless R. Steve’s history story which my Bible school has adopted. Live forever!
    U ARE LIFTED. Archbishop D.

  • @ritajames7797
    @ritajames7797 2 роки тому +33

    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.

    • @sidneycabianca8768
      @sidneycabianca8768 2 роки тому +2

      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

    • @stvincents2007
      @stvincents2007 2 роки тому +2

      @@sidneycabianca8768 AND ????

    • @paolobusi8629
      @paolobusi8629 2 роки тому

      .@@stvincents2007

  • @MrCigarro50
    @MrCigarro50 4 роки тому +16

    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.

    • @YahCityTech
      @YahCityTech 4 роки тому +1

      ah but Luther never got to text a emoji tho

    • @sidneycabianca8768
      @sidneycabianca8768 2 роки тому

      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.

  • @rembeadgc
    @rembeadgc 5 років тому +24

    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.

  • @fountainmin
    @fountainmin 2 роки тому +7

    Big thanks to this Man. He is the man of his century and of today

  • @viz8746
    @viz8746 11 місяців тому +2

    This is one of the very best documentaries I have ever watched. Thank you.

  • @monicalee7686
    @monicalee7686 4 роки тому +20

    Thank you for this video .. Due to this corona virus outbreak we are learning history from this UA-cam video Martin Luther..

    • @yosefmama1136
      @yosefmama1136 3 роки тому

      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.

  • @pineappleworld3471
    @pineappleworld3471 2 роки тому +60

    Masterclass! Thank you Rick. Your pleasant voice and naunced storytelling open the heart to learning and enjoying.

    • @palaver40
      @palaver40 2 роки тому +8

      Agreed. Remarkably well done. I enjoyed it and it was riveting at times.

    • @josephwalker3981
      @josephwalker3981 2 роки тому +2

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  • @kjb1611tw
    @kjb1611tw Рік тому +2

    One of the best and most Godly vedio work i can find on UA-cam 👍👍👍👍👍greetings from taiwan 🙏🕯️

  • @munawarshah3665
    @munawarshah3665 Рік тому +7

    In his own charming way Steves carries us through those troubled times. Very informative & enlightning!

  • @amigoprovocante
    @amigoprovocante 4 роки тому +6

    Brilliant ! Compliments for clarifying and commending the contribution of Martin Luther. he indeed was a reformer in true sense.

    • @jveebklyn1644
      @jveebklyn1644 4 роки тому +1

      Ajay Sabharwal He really didn't reform anything. He started a new church.

  • @allyr4272
    @allyr4272 3 роки тому +115

    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!

    • @claudiachurch4285
      @claudiachurch4285 2 роки тому +5

      Oh, I wish I could have been there

    • @elizabethwentz8211
      @elizabethwentz8211 2 роки тому +6

      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.

  • @rohitchat5538
    @rohitchat5538 2 роки тому +1

    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 🙏🙏

  • @Brad-gk9jd
    @Brad-gk9jd 2 роки тому +4

    Steve, well done. Thank you and praise the Lord.

  • @mosessdb
    @mosessdb 2 роки тому +6

    wonderful work it is rick. still God lives in many lives in HIS own way to love and serve the humanity.

    • @Ms.Mimi.Speaks
      @Ms.Mimi.Speaks 2 роки тому

      God is a Title like saying, Mister___. There were many gods, but only one Creator. So which god are you talking about?

    • @sidneycabianca8768
      @sidneycabianca8768 2 роки тому

      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

  • @jbertdaily5304
    @jbertdaily5304 3 роки тому +6

    Thanks man .this man helped us . now we understand the bible by our own

  • @ashleywebb2736
    @ashleywebb2736 Місяць тому +1

    Excellent. One small thing. In Luthers day, the capitoline hill had been used as a rubbish dump for centuries, and only the tops of a few exposed columns were visible. This was according to Gibbons account. Later, after Gibbons made it popular, it was slowly cleared to reveal the Roman structures we see today

  • @luisitocatalbas3804
    @luisitocatalbas3804 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent video,thank you Sir for making this kind of presentation about true truth from God through Martin Luther one of the HERO TO ALL PERSON WHO HAVE TRUE GOD. GOD BLESS YOU SIR AND YOUR FAMILY AND OUR BE LOVED WORLD.

  • @thunder.gun.cheese
    @thunder.gun.cheese 2 роки тому +6

    BRILLIANTY described! Love and enjoyed watching.

  • @mikmop
    @mikmop 2 роки тому +54

    This is one of them most interesting religious history documentaries I have ever watched.

  • @mysymphonias9546
    @mysymphonias9546 3 місяці тому +1

    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❤

  • @sashek8451
    @sashek8451 Рік тому +1

    whoa I just discovered Martin Luther is my 15th Great Granduncle 😂 I came here to learn more about him. Amazing documentary, thanks Rick

  • @anndeakin1508
    @anndeakin1508 3 роки тому +27

    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.

  • @kevink8217
    @kevink8217 2 роки тому +12

    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.

    • @mikeryan3701
      @mikeryan3701 2 роки тому

      Crikey, if that is the case I feel sorry for the other videos you've watched.

  • @faizalansari3510
    @faizalansari3510 2 роки тому +4

    Martin Luther is great love ❤❤❤ from India🇮🇳🇮🇳

  • @joshualamadridmariano1636
    @joshualamadridmariano1636 2 роки тому +2

    Greetings from the Philippines 🇵🇭👋

  • @zulfiqarali9808
    @zulfiqarali9808 Рік тому +6

    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

  • @BillGreenAZ
    @BillGreenAZ 5 років тому +7

    "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.

    • @wilhelminglis494
      @wilhelminglis494 4 роки тому

      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.

    • @sidneycabianca8768
      @sidneycabianca8768 2 роки тому +1

      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

    • @BillGreenAZ
      @BillGreenAZ 2 роки тому

      @@sidneycabianca8768 Thanks for the tip. I think I'll check it out.

    • @BillGreenAZ
      @BillGreenAZ 2 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @Lilactime402
    @Lilactime402 2 роки тому +2

    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.

    • @christinatweet6580
      @christinatweet6580 Рік тому +1

      Rick Steves grew up in the Lutheran church....

    • @janetclark5668
      @janetclark5668 Рік тому

      Same. Very thankful, especially in these past 3 years.

  • @mandynam7581
    @mandynam7581 7 місяців тому +2

    This is my all time favourite from Mr Steves.

  • @zenkakuji3776
    @zenkakuji3776 3 роки тому +14

    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.

  • @claudiachurch4285
    @claudiachurch4285 2 роки тому +57

    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 !

  • @reynaldagomez7449
    @reynaldagomez7449 2 роки тому +3

    Than you MR.RICK THIS INFORMATION HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE REFORMATION . GOD BLESS YOU FOR EVER.

  • @ericbonin190
    @ericbonin190 2 роки тому +10

    This is a great presentation, a different look at Rick Steves. Always the great storyteller.

  • @Grazilla52
    @Grazilla52 2 роки тому +23

    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!

    • @noahway13
      @noahway13 2 роки тому +4

      It's odd that your denomination did not exist for 1500 years. So people were in the wrong until your denomination came along.

    • @OlesonMD
      @OlesonMD 2 роки тому +2

      @@noahway13 Anyone who removes or adds to the books of the bible shall be condemned.

    • @georgepierson4920
      @georgepierson4920 2 роки тому +2

      @@noahway13 October 31, 1517.

    • @noahway13
      @noahway13 2 роки тому

      @@OlesonMD Condemned by people or by the god?

    • @OlesonMD
      @OlesonMD 2 роки тому +1

      @@noahway13 It is spelled out in the Bible.

  • @krishnamohandravida4791
    @krishnamohandravida4791 4 роки тому +5

    Mr Rick Steve, I have no words to prise. Martin Luther really had a great life and reform geal .I studied in London Mission School but never know much about the Martin Luther. My sincere thanks to you

  • @glennthomas9762
    @glennthomas9762 Рік тому +2

    I’ve recently watched several documentaries on Martin Luther, and this one is the best

  • @stormbrooks1784
    @stormbrooks1784 3 місяці тому +1

    Superb! Fair! Accurate! Informative! A must for students of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.

  • @omarmohamed6701
    @omarmohamed6701 3 роки тому +30

    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.

  • @aecs422
    @aecs422 4 роки тому +17

    One of the best UA-cam presentations. I truly enjoyed and thank you for your explanation of the Protestant Reformation.

    • @jveebklyn1644
      @jveebklyn1644 4 роки тому +1

      arlene smith It certainly was an interesting presentation. However, a bit one sided.

  • @dominicmonaghan9887
    @dominicmonaghan9887 5 місяців тому +1

    Excellent. A brilliant, not overly-academic, account. Very simple and factual. Well done!

  • @mayneubauer8008
    @mayneubauer8008 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent, every picture & reenactment wonderfully portrayed. Praise God & thank you Rick for your dedication to truth.

    • @sidneycabianca8768
      @sidneycabianca8768 2 роки тому

      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

  • @olasparen6955
    @olasparen6955 2 роки тому +39

    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.

    • @mountetna4719
      @mountetna4719 2 роки тому

      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)

    • @marievandenbosch7798
      @marievandenbosch7798 Рік тому +1

      Oil prices have

  • @MrsCAG
    @MrsCAG 3 роки тому +11

    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.

    • @carolgoering6585
      @carolgoering6585 3 роки тому +2

      What is your question?

    • @dcasper8514
      @dcasper8514 2 роки тому +4

      Steve's opinion is slightly biased too.

    • @whosays2153
      @whosays2153 Місяць тому

      I'm also curious about her "question".​@@carolgoering6585

  • @hmj1116
    @hmj1116 Рік тому +2

    Rick certainly have a great deal of experience and knowledge on the subject of travel we love to travel to Europe and Asia Central America, Canada, Eastern cities, Alaska etc.

  • @robertwest542
    @robertwest542 2 роки тому +4

    Luther's love for music carried over to the most venerated composer of his generation, Joaquin des Prez.
    Luther said Josquin, "makes the notes do what he wants them to."

  • @norachamberlain5187
    @norachamberlain5187 3 роки тому +20

    A great tribute to history. I am a historian of many years and have found this so informative. Thank you

    • @royalmbwana
      @royalmbwana 2 роки тому +1

      Hallo Nora Am An Aspiring Historian I Did Well In High School In History But It Just Ended There... I Didn't Fully Explore My Best Subject In Career Wise Or Profession... Sometimes It Hurts Me.

  • @jaicilfrancis8444
    @jaicilfrancis8444 3 роки тому +23

    55 minutes of pure gold.
    Thank you for the educational and enlightening video.

  • @joycemartin4273
    @joycemartin4273 2 роки тому +6

    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!

  • @mikedaniels3009
    @mikedaniels3009 3 роки тому +5

    Mister Rick, you are a genius. WHAT a documentary. Gratiam Tibi agemus.

  • @TimSeburn
    @TimSeburn 2 роки тому +25

    Well done!!! And an important reminder of how today's freedoms, sometimes taken for granted, were won.

  • @larryloveless2967
    @larryloveless2967 3 роки тому +14

    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
      @latrelleodom9484 2 роки тому +2

      That's interesting. By the way I am a Loveless. My family is from Alabama.

    • @larryloveless2967
      @larryloveless2967 2 роки тому +1

      @@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
      @michaelseleke7127 2 роки тому

      How do you cope in terms of scripture? You attend a protestant church and she attends a pagan church?

    • @larryloveless2967
      @larryloveless2967 2 роки тому

      @@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.

    • @michaelseleke7127
      @michaelseleke7127 2 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @colrodrick8784
    @colrodrick8784 2 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @atiazafr4775
    @atiazafr4775 2 роки тому +1

    Your voice is so soothing... I enjoyed this so much! I grew up Muslim and have been trying to learn more about Christianity and this really helped!

  • @xtldc
    @xtldc 2 роки тому +6

    I’ve been familiar with Rick Steves the travel writer my whole life. Now I’m happy to get to know Rick Steves the historian.

  • @pinkypamelaguanzon7090
    @pinkypamelaguanzon7090 3 роки тому +22

    As a Social Studies Teacher here in the Philippines, I really learn from all your travels and insights shared in your videos, kudos for this well researched documentary on Reformation.Kudos Rick Steves and your team♥️

  • @danocinneide1885
    @danocinneide1885 2 роки тому +6

    Poor old Luther...may the Lord have mercy on his soul...

  • @lilyjubilee6596
    @lilyjubilee6596 2 роки тому +46

    🤍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❤️

    • @michaelrutz8056
      @michaelrutz8056 2 роки тому +1

      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

    • @stevedebuhr4045
      @stevedebuhr4045 2 роки тому

      Gg

    • @jessediaz9051
      @jessediaz9051 2 роки тому

      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.

    • @audreyhettrick6779
      @audreyhettrick6779 2 роки тому

      @@stevedebuhr4045 I

    • @kevinglennN
      @kevinglennN 2 роки тому

      Lnv

  • @michaelh7837
    @michaelh7837 3 роки тому +7

    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!

  • @drprincearockiadosssebasti7221
    @drprincearockiadosssebasti7221 3 роки тому +56

    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 !

  • @mozaffarahmad4846
    @mozaffarahmad4846 Рік тому +1

    Dear Rick,
    You are a scholar and educationist. Your video on Luther, has really helped me understand the Eurpean religious reforms.
    Thank you

  • @flashcar60
    @flashcar60 2 роки тому +3

    Now, that was a great summation! Kudos to Rick.

  • @asadfami7623
    @asadfami7623 6 років тому +14

    Absolutely fabulous. Thanks Steve.

  • @JohnAranita
    @JohnAranita 4 роки тому +9

    I have the PBS DVD Martin Luther. It is one of my very favorites out of my hundred-plus PBS DVDs.

  • @helenspingola4631
    @helenspingola4631 2 роки тому +1

    Loved this...visited Rome some years ago and didn't want to leave! My favorite country....And Steve, my favorite researcher!

    • @christinatweet6580
      @christinatweet6580 Рік тому

      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. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 ♥️♥️♥️.

  • @jerryburleson8604
    @jerryburleson8604 2 роки тому +1

    This is a fantastic job by Rick Steves and crew. Every single person needs to see this. Catholics and Protestants, Tutsis and Zulus, Shiites and Sunnis, Israelis and Palestinians etc.etc.etc. for a understanding of the double masonic eagle problem that pervades the world. James the apostle poses this question. How can salt water and fresh water come from the same stream? And then states, "Brothers, this should not be.".........but it is.😟

  • @arela1030
    @arela1030 4 роки тому +6

    Hello Rick Steves explore the history thanks for feeding Our brain 🧠 great effort ,Europe is great God bless and peace Alleluia AMEN 🙏

  • @gordonrose7097
    @gordonrose7097 4 роки тому +24

    The Cathedrals back then we're so beautiful. And huge how did they do it all back then??

    • @toasttoast789
      @toasttoast789 3 роки тому +2

      They still are 🍕

    • @hermannescamilla1424
      @hermannescamilla1424 3 роки тому

      2:25 Stockholm old town (location not mentioned in the end credits).

    • @Lunatic4Bizcas
      @Lunatic4Bizcas 3 роки тому +1

      Engineering genius and continual mathematical discovery and innovation.

    • @cm9241
      @cm9241 3 роки тому +1

      money

    • @fernly2
      @fernly2 3 роки тому

      @@cm9241 I hope you're not serious. The Rule of Gold does not predicate creativity, Truth and Beauty.

  • @rodgerraubach2753
    @rodgerraubach2753 2 роки тому +2

    I visited Wittenberg in 2017, and was greatly moved by visiting teh Castle Church where Luther is entombed. A visit to Luther's home is imperative for all visitors to Wittenberg, and see teh rough table where Luther held his talks with friends and drank Frau Luther's beer.

  • @yaniyajackson8744
    @yaniyajackson8744 3 роки тому +4

    I have to watch this for my class and I actually like it

  • @visitjoana4576
    @visitjoana4576 3 роки тому +14

    Great video. I learned a lot. Thank you Rick Steves and to your team. Stay safe and God bless.

  • @raulstlchvz7
    @raulstlchvz7 3 роки тому +14

    Thank you so much for sharing the story of the braves of the Lord with us. 💪

  • @eddiebooker638
    @eddiebooker638 2 роки тому +3

    I enjoy watching and learning so much rich history. I ve learned more from than I did in 12 yrs of schooling

    • @sidneycabianca8768
      @sidneycabianca8768 2 роки тому

      Please go to the English Wikipedia and see the doctrine of Martin Luther against the Jewish People.

  • @n.s.karanth1381
    @n.s.karanth1381 2 роки тому

    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