Enough About the Protestant Reformation to Make You Look Cool at Parties
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2025
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Here's the information you need in order to come off well in social situations when the Protestant Reformation comes up.
Pro tip: If you want to dominate that conversation check out Roland Bainton's "Here I Stand." It's a quick, readable, excellent biography of Martin Luther. If you want to utterly bomb that conversation check out "Breaking Dawn" by Stephenie Meyer.
Hi Matt! I'm a Catholic with a special interest in your video because I converted to Catholicism from Lutheranism. I just wanted to say thank you for this thoughtful crash course on the Reformation, and thank you for acknowledging that good and bad things have come from both Catholicism and Protestantism. May we Catholics and Protestants continue to grow together in love of the Lord! -- Peace!
Praise the Lord!!!!!
Amen to that. While I do not agree with some things of Catholicism, I really appreciate some of their philosophers and theologians. I’m Protestant but spent years at a Catholic Church. Now I’m at an Episcopalian church (given my history, fitting, right? Lol!) in whose community and fellowship I love better than the one I was at previous. But that’s me.
Overall, thank God we all have one High Priest in Heaven, Christ Jesus! ✝️ 🙏
Interesting. What made you convert?
I went from being an Apostolic/Catholic to Protestant after diving into the Bible and history.
Davíd Melkonian It was dry (at my particular church). It’s a nice church, but the congregation doesn’t seem too involved and there aren’t many things like Bible studies or group discussions or too many chances for fellowship. Going to church felt like more of a chore I’d do once a week rather than a time to worship and get closer to God.
So I prayed to God if I should stay or find another Church (there are many in my area) and I was led to an Episcopal Church by my house after my mother suggested it. I’ve been loving it and did more there than 7 years at my previous church, and it’s fellowship is better.
I also love it because the service is very similar to that of the Roman Catholic mass, except not Roman Catholic. I personally love that kind of worship more than the light-show, band playing, contemporary churches I went to as a kid (except perhaps my very first church).
To people who like those kinds of churches, hey, no problem so long as they’re biblical and God-fearing. Me personally, nah.
Edit: Know any good history books for understanding the Bible better? I’m a huge book nerd 🤓
Ian Drennan Interesting. I guess it depends upon where you live and the communities around you. For me, I switched for many of the same reasons but I went the opposite way lol. I’m still new and had limited exposure to the Orthodox Armenian Apostolic ways, and I (very much appreciate their history) and my Catholic high school teaching. I do still identify as Armenian-Apostolic ‘culturally’ because that’s my history and I’m proud of it! Armenian history extremely rich and Christianity is a glue which holds them together.
I‘m lumping Armenian Apostolic and Roman Catholic together for the purpose of this conversation even though they’re not identical. In the creed said in every Catholic mass, “...one Catholic and Apostolic Church”. My Protestant-evangelical girlfriend introduced me to a small non-denominational Church and its community that’s very supportive of each other. It felt exactly like the Church I had learned about in my years of studying theology in Catholic school. I’m also not a fan of the rock band lights and whatnot, and I find many of the songs corny but this Church was the first real step toward knowing Christ. She however has been raised charismatic and I’m trying to ensure she’s aware there’s a difference between the real gospel and prosperity gospel... Catholicism unfortunately turned me away from Christ from all the extra “ man” stuff they added. The feeling of disconnect because you need a man to get closer to God (I.e. Priest and Confession). The Catholic services I’ve experienced felt like we were going through the motions and it wasn’t a real community. The priest was just a guy you pay to say a relatives name for a funeral, wedding, baptism, etc. You also only saw a majority of the people on the big days like Easter and Christmas. I also don’t believe a hierarchy belongs in any religion, especially in Christianity. All that said. it’s great you’ve found a community and way to get closer to God, and I’ll praise God for that!
We don't even mention the Protestant Reformation at my wild Gregorian Chant parties.
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Don't tell them about our bible study / naked woman comparison party...
MANY reasons to like this channel and recommend it to friends both believers and pre-believers. 1) you LOOK like a regular human! I love the "un-adorned" look, the bill-cap, t-shirts, etc. 2) You speak with clarity 3) you speak with intelligence PLUS HUMILITY. It is very clear you are well-studied but you don't wear it on your sleeve. THANK YOU. 4) What exactly IS a TEN-minute Bible HOUR? :-) I love that kind of humor. 5) I love the supporting visuals. What a great bonus for those of us who learn visually. 6) Is that a manatee on your desk? 7) Nice library.....many more.... Keep it up young man!!
I enjoy the channel as a post-believer. Denominations are fascinating and a pretty clear example that no loving and omniscient God is in charge of it all.
Mark Jones different people, different denominations, but one truth and one church.
Just like different Bible versions. Different versions for different people as long as it sticks to the ONE TRUTH.
At least that’s what I think :P
I trust him and appreciate his content.
At LAST I won’t embarrass myself at any more parties!!!
God Bless you for your hard work, sense of humor, and wonderful teaching.
+James Myers You are now the party alpha. You're welcome.
Although I am a Christian, I did not expect to watch a 35 minute video about the Protestant Reformation for fun. I really enjoyed that!
This makes my happy in my heart.
So I'm taking a Christian History and Theology class this semester and you just covered my whole semester so far in 30. I'll have to use this for my review. Haha
Late reply but fascinating stuff isn't it? I was surprised how much I disagree with things Martin
Luther said and wrote despite the fact that his life had such a positive impact.
Thank you Matt. As a Protestant in an overwhelmingly Catholic majority third world country, I am delighted to see for the first time this kind of video. I can see and hear the undercurrent respect, appreciation and acceptance of the differences between these two styles of Christianity, without being condescending or politically correct to a ridiculous degree or sacrificing one's faith integrity.
In my "actual living context", you make being Protestant sound so cool. And from where I come from, I think it actually is.
I'm sorry if that intro was a true story, but that's pretty hilarious.
Why did I find the intro so funny?
Literally EVERYONE has been in this situation on MULTIPLE occasions.
Because it's SO RELATABLE!
It's basically how most Calvinists got their theological position cherry popped.
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Because it is
Matt, I simply love your videos! Your simplistic approach to faith is so refreshing in a time where it seems everybody wants to make things so complicated.
I like this channel more and more- I learned a lot about the protestant side of the Reformation that I did not know as a Catholic. I really appreciated the fairness with which you represented both sides; you accurately represented the ills of the Catholic Church during that time, and did justice to those atroctity of those abuses.
There is just one thing that I found troubling with how you represented Catholic theology. I think you are under a couple false impression that Catholics believe that we need to earn our way into Heaven, that we are saved by any righteousness of our own. It may be true that Catholic theology was represented this way during the Reformation; if so, this was an abuse and a misrepresentation. It has always been the official teaching of the Catholic Church that we are saved by our cooperation with God's grace. As it says in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, "We can have merit in God's sight only because of God's free plan to associate man with the work of his grace. Merit is to be ascribed in the first place to the grace of God, and secondly to man's collaboration. Man's merit is due to God (CCC 2025)."
Gabriel Allis you’re absolutely right. The PEOPLE of the church have always been in a constant struggle to live the true teachings of Christ and following the magisterium. Was it Fulton Sheen who said you should judge the Church by her saints and not her sinners? And by saints, we don’t mean the officially canonized saints but all those in Heaven.
Also that is why Catholics have Infant Baptism.We do not believe in works.The Sacraments of the Church are not works .
Its not official, but at the time of the Reformation specifically in Germany, that kind of Works-Based Soteriology was the convention among low level clergymen. There was also disgustingly corrupt priests like John Tetzel, "As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs." (I know some historians doubt whether he really said that, but for Protestants, that's how we remember him for now).
@@thisiswheezie And that was wrong then as it would be now. My goodness, you Protestants have long memories. Any room for the Christian teaching of forgiveness? I'd bet you that more good has been done by the church over the past 2000 years than bad, just a thought.
@@CaffeineBlast Prots can't forgive Catholics. If they were to ever state that Catholics were right about anything, there would be a disparity in thought, their theology would fall apart and they would have to be become Catholic!
I was once assisting a new nurse to admit a patient. She said that the patient was Lutheran, but there was no check box for Lutheran. I told her to click the "Protestant" box. The charge nurse interrupted to insist that Lutherans were not protestants, and she was a Lutheran so she should know. I had to give her a crash course in Reformation history.
Just came across your videos and you are absolutely adorable. I've not been to church in decades (have a very foul taste for the majority), but while looking for opinions on choosing a study bible I found you. You are so enjoyable and down to earth that I may actually consider visiting one of my local churches....or two or three till I find one that fits.
Thanks for saying all that stuff, I really appreciate the kindness and encouragement. I hope you do give church another shot and I hope it turns out to be awesome this time around.
I hope you found yourself a good church home.
This is your best video. The fact that I am regularly ostracized for asking, “so did y’all listen to the Hardcore History episode about WWI?” in any given social situation notwithstanding, this clip could be used in any classroom, secular or religious. Well done.
I'm watching this again, and am adding this to our Reformation playlist for history next year. This is one of my favorite videos you've done.
the quality of these videos is so high I'm surprised they don't get more views
Thanks! I'm more than grateful for the people who've taken the time to stop by and watch.
His mom can only watch them so many times...😉
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Actually this whole video is pretty great. Thank you for explaining this important part of church history. My church never really touches on the history of Christianity and it bothers me but I'm really glad I can hear it from you. Please continue with these more history/where did this stuff come from videos. I am really enjoying them.
Great work bro!
I can go to parties without fear, now!
Can’t thank you enough for this video. I’ve been binge watching your channel and your videos are amazing!! God bless.
Thanks Ana; I'm glad you're here!
What a wonderful storytelling gift God gave you.
Haleluja!
I love how your mind works, Matt. You are a true blessing! Praise God for your gifts and reach!
question is where the people here predestined to watch this in the first place
I'm gonna be so popular at parties with all this information, thank you!
As an atheist I find the way you discuss religion to be incredibly interesting. You lay your points out without demeaning anyone who disagrees and while I will probably never believe in a higher power myself, I find the Solus about going to heaven being by the grace of god to make much more sense than anything else.
Religion has always been fascinating to me, not so much the spectacle or the rituals, but faith itself, the strength to believe in something without proof in the day and age where most people demand proof for even the smallest things, takes serious personal strength that I think is often overlooked.
I felt the same way.
Unfortunately I don't think Matt is someone who has "the strength to believe in something without proof" (or rather, evidence, and neither am I for that matter), so you might have to look somewhere else for that.
If you want a recent example of something Matt talking about sees as evidence for it, check out the end of his "To the Ends of the Earth" video. In this, he suggests that the survival of the church through its early persecution stage was either by supernatural help; or it is "the weirdest flukiest social phenomenon in the history of mankind"
I am not a man of that personal strength. I was born into I Christian household but did not carry a legitimate faith until I had found information I considered sufficient answers to my doubts.
If you are intrested in the faith, or least want to understand why some of us believe, I suggest looking into apologetics (aka reasons for and defense of Christianity). I personally like apologist William Craig's ideas. His website is www.reasonablefaith.org/ and he has excellent and relatively short book named "On Guard." TBH I'm new to this youtube channel but I sure he has similar content as well.
@@willfish2586 I feel you man. BUT the good thing about Scripture it emphasis FAITH. And the one verse that really helps me out is this: Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is Confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what WE DO NOT see. He's made himself known not only though scripture but through nature. We know there's a creator and i agree the whole rituals and "Works" based religion is too much. The good thing is that scripture teaches different. To put your faith in Christ and that he died for all. The atonement for sin has been made. Hope this helps...
GlitchKing
How many demand proof of the big bang THEORY, yet just accept it and pay taxes to fee CERN which is attempting to prove it with little success.
Talk to God with an open mind, you WILL get a reply and with it faith.
I am also a Protestant. More specifically, a Lutheran. Our church rarely talks about Martin Luther. On the 500th anniversary October 31, the reformation was not even mentioned.
It was a few years ago that I looked up Martin Luther and learned so much in this short period of time compared to 50 years of going to church and learn and worship God.
Jay Lowe that’s terrible. Why don’t they teach about Luther? I’m also surprised to see just how many Methodists don’t know of John Wesley.
I grew up LCMS Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. We were tought about Luther in confirmation class and used the Small Catechism to explain doctrine. Our pastors study more of Luther's books. Reformation Day is observed every year. (How I ended up attending a small " iglesia Christiano" in Mexico is a long story).
@@Cropmy5 As a Lutheran, LCMS, I was tought that Mary was the mother of Jesus. Jesus is God who fully took on humanity. Mary was simply the best available woman to use for God's purpose. She was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus and had other children with her husband Joseph after that. One of Jesus's brothers, James was actually the head of the early church as shown in Acts. Mary did sin like every other person, except Jesus, and she died normally in her due time. I was tought from the doctrines of Luther and that is what I was tought. Luther was the first to successfully point out the giant flaws in the Roman Catholic Church. Others had said that when the Pope disagreed with the Bible, God was right and the Pope was wrong but they got burned at the stake.
The RCC to this day has a lot of issues but I think its one great strength has been that as a unified body it remembers where it once was. It may not always be correct about its past, in many ways I think they're incorrect, but it at least has one. Unfortunately the very nature of the Protestant Reformation itself has created the sort of fractured mess even each sect finds itself. In some ways I think that it does reflect the state of early Christianity before it became organized under Roman auspices but I'm not sure it works anymore.
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Luther said
Faith Alone
And Bible said
You see brother a man is justified by works and NOT BY FAITH ALONE
James 2:24
Keep believing false doctrines of a false prophet lol
This is fantastic. Educational, fair, honest. God is working through you.
I say that fully believing in Purgatory. I don't really get how it can be a temporal thing. You're dead, you're in between heaven and earth, and there's such a thing as a year? But we do, most of us, leave this life with earthly attachments, attachments to sin.
What you say on those 5 solas, I totally agree with eventhough I am catholic. I have been in catholic primary school and high school and catholicism was all I ever knew. Until one day I started developing this gift of wanting to know a lot more about God and heaven and staff. It was after my first visit to the Ngome Marian shrine in Kwazulu Natal and what an experience, it was weekend full of nothing but prayer and worship to God. It was enlightening. I then would swear that this is a true church of God, and I knew that there are other denominations out there. Didn't really know much about their teachings except for that they too, teach about God. I then wanted to see why they haven't realised that my church is so true. Went to the worst place ever for this, google search. There you will find protestants who do nothing but persecute the catholic church. But irregardless, they pointed out a few of our practices and called them unbiblical. I then started reading the bible to really learn about what Gods really wants from us people during which I tried to match our church practices to see if they do appear in the bible and I noticed a lot of adherences and a few ditractions here and there. I talked to a few of my catholic fellas about this and they do have their reasonings. I do hear some but I am struggling with some like the second commandment and statues in our church for instance. I guess this makes me a catholic who thinks like a protestant to some degree and I am struggling with this. But I have come to realise that no Church out there is a 100 percent right. Just go to church and worship God and forget the practices.
Luther is the father of thousands of other protestant denominations who cannot agree with each other. And Matt you are a product of Luther. Your devout strong protestant brothers have come home: Scott Hann, Marcus Grodi, Steve Ray, David Anders and many others. Waiting for your coming home brother.❤️
Gonna add to my watch list. LOVE your videos. You bring balance to all sides.
This is the funniest video intro I've seen in a long time, and the background music was just the cherry on top. Also, the video itself was incredibly well done and easy to understand. Thanks for boiling down church history to make it understandable! I'm starting my kids on your videos to help them understand these issues more in-depth.
I was a cradle Catholic. I am 65 years young. I was raised in an extremely devout family.
I have a life long friend that is sadden by my leaving. Her son is a Catholic Priest. I was able to tell her I felt great peace in my decision. My last 10 years as a Catholic were filled with inner conflict & turmoil. A few years ago I visited the Vatican. That’s where my mind changed drastically. I felt uneasy there. I felt, I was in a place that worshipped Popes & Catholicism. I wondered if that was how Jesus felt when He walked into the Temple & witnessed the money changers etc. it didn’t feel like a house of G-d.
Leaving the Catholic Church was a very difficult decision. But there were far too many reasons I could not stay. There is such freedom & joy knowing I am not ‘responsible’ for my salvation. It’s FREE! My salvation was bought & paid for by my Redeemer, Jesus! The only begotten Son of The Father.
I wish I would have been raised in a devout family. My family was CINO (Catholic in Name Only). I didn't learn much in Catholic school either. Drinking, smoking, swearing and fighting at home, and nasty cliques in school started forming as early as second grade. I saw nothing special about being Catholic and didn't until we got a new traditional priest 8 years ago who speaks the truth and doesn't sugar coat anything. Your friend is right to be sad and if your family remained devout rather than conforming to the culture, they would be too. You are throwing away your inheritance.
The truth doesn't care about your "feelings". Feeling peace or feeling uneasy are not indicators of the truth. You didn't know what was in peoples' hearts when you saw them at the Vatican. What should a house of God feel like? I don't think it should look like a rock concert with cappuccinos. It should look as closely as possible to the places where the earliest Christians worshiped, that offered something the world couldn't. And the idea that our sins are forgiven no matter what we do, that there will be no repercussions, well I can't help but think that has been part of the falling apart of our society that we see all around us. Many Catholics have been bad examples like this too.
Would you rather live in uncomfortable truth or comfortable lie?
Julie Elizabeth well said
If you are filled with The Holy Spirit, you are made to feel uncomfortable when something is contrary to The Word of G-d. Matt 7:22-23. John 10:27-28.
The Shepard’s of the Catholic Church are leading the flicks astray. Pray for a real relationship with the Great I Am. John 3:16
@@eglass963 This ine if thise priblem with protestants they really believe that a pastor can filled you Holy Spirit. What the heck.
As an Orthodox Christian, I'm very thankful we're far enough east that none of this affected us. The Catholic church started off apostolic, like the Orthodox churches, but their ideas that everything the Pope of Rome says is divinely-inspired caused them to come up with a lot of wacky ideas (purgatory, indulgences, etc) and I really respect the protestant reformation and believe it was probably the best thing to happen to western Christianity at that time.
That said, I am sad that the protestant church lost a lot of the treasures passed down by apostolic tradition by rejecting everything Catholic. For example, the clerical church orders do not have to be autocratic like they became in Europe during the middle ages, the first bishops were Christ's apostles and they passed it down through generations. They were always intended to be shepherds of the people rather than mediators between them and God. The deuterocanonical books (which protestants refer to as apocrypha) were a part of the septuagint, which is the first collective old testament book used by the early church and doesn't only exist to justify purgatory (we considered the deuterocanonical books scripture long before the idea of purgatory existed, and Orthodox Christians and continue to recognize these books while rejecting the idea of purgatory). Also beautiful iconography that lifts the soul to heaven, incense, the teachings of the church fathers, etc. are all treasures that the protestant churches lost. Contrary to what protestants believe, we do not worship saints, but the Orthodox idea of the church is that it transcends death and time, and so all the saints who came before us are still living members of the church and we ask for their prayers, just as I ask for prayers from Christians who are still on the earth. We include their icons in our churches in order to remember and feel that they are among us and praying with us, as no doubt they are, and to have the bible visually represented while we pray.
Protestants did their best with what they had (the bible), and I'm sure God has blessed that and is able to multiply what we have and make it enough, as He did with the five loaves and two fish. At the end of the day, we all (Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants) share more similarities than we do differences and we all believe in the same God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. I just think it's a huge shame that so much tradition was lost in trying to undo the corruption of church doctrine in the middle ages.
@Asier Linazasoro I've always been Orthodox, I am just very interested in history and church history so I read a lot about it. These are the impressions I've developed from this and my experience in my own church and exploring Catholic and Protestant churches. I hope this didn't come across as hate towards the Roman Catholicism, that was not my intention. Catholics are my brothers and sisters in Christ and again, we are more similar than we are different. I think we all hope to see the Christian church united like it was in the bible and share a faith that is closest to what Jesus and the apostles directly passed down to us. That's why I think it's so important to consider these matters.
Thank you for correcting me about papal infallibility. I was mistaken in saying that everything the pope says is considered divinely-inspired by the Catholic church. I still find it concerning that the Roman Catholic pope can make a statement that he considers to be divinely-inspired and then have that incorporated as infallible cannon by the church forever. In the early church, things were decided by councils and not by any one individual person.
They also lost the Eucharist
As a protestant, I've always been fascinated with Eastern Orthodoxy. I sure wouldn't mind going to an Orthodox church sometime.
As a protestant, I thank you for your comment and I believe you made a lot of valid points that are definitely worth ruminating over.
As a Protestant I agree. Have thought a lot about joining the Orthodox Church
"I'm a Five Solas kinda guy" - Me too
Just want to acknowledge appreciation for taking on these questions, and honestly seeking to learn, understand, and find truth and understanding with your fellow brothers and sisters, and with the Holy Spirit. I believe God is working out the confusion of disunity among believers, and it is happening from believers of all different denominational backgrounds. This can only be done in humility, faith, and respect of one another and the Spirit within us. So, thanks again!
One of the most informative explanations I've had of the Reformation. It helps when you have someone who isn't taking it so seriously that it becomes dry. You can actually learn and enjoy doing it at the same time.
I grew up Baptist, but never went to Bible college. Now that I'm older I've developed more of an interest in history, and I really appreciate the brief but comprehensive look into the Reformation. Your presentation skills and attitude are awesome. Very engaging.
Party time!! I’m gonna crush it! Seriously Matt, thank you for your honesty and clear thoughts. I’ve heard these thoughts before in bits and pieces and you’ve just summarized 4 years of catechism classes from my old reformed church 25 years ago. I’m married to a woman who is Catholic so we live out this tension most days.
Being a Protestant myself, I was familiar with the 5 solas. I knew what they were but this is the first time they clicked in my head as a comprehensive theological point. I always struggled with the concept of faith leading to good deeds. Why would people go out and do good things for no reward; you don't need to keep running after you've won the race and so why would you keep doing good things if you've already been saved by God's grace. But if you don't need to do those good things to benefit yourself, then it only leaves that you're doing those things for others, there is no thought of 'I'm doing this to get into heaven' only to show the glory of God. It also gives clarity to John 13:35
We aren't being told to love one another because it'll give us a reward; we're being told to love eachother because that's the best way to glorify God. We aren't still playing to try and win the game, we've already won, we're still playing because we love the game
justification vs sanctification. You've been saved by God's grace, but the race isn't finished until you get to heaven.
Amazingly summarized! Really got me thinking about many things. Looking forward to the next video. It would be interesting to get your insights on why there are so many churches today. Pros and cons of the reformation.
+Hammer and Neil thanks! This video speaks to that. ua-cam.com/video/3e9ipBX2gR0/v-deo.html
The Ten Minute Bible Hour great thanks.
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If the east/west schism of 1054 never happened, then there would never have been a need for the Reformation. The east/west schism gave Rome too much power, and like you said, Rome had become a joke. The problems with Roman Catholicism started in 800 AD with the power crazy Frankish emperor Charlemagne, who became emperor of the secular world as well as the Pope of Roman Catholicism. Another 254 years later, not surprisingly there was the east/west schism when Constantinople became excommunicated by the corrupt Papacy. The Papacy then left the One Holy Catholic Apostolic church, the Eastern Orthodox Church.
The Jesuits
@@70AD-user45 They ex-communicated each other, and none of the two left the other, but rather they parted ways.
It's amazing to watch these old videos and realize just how much Matt has learned about Catholicism since making them.
I love how much respect you have for others and for yourself. Great video!
I kind of want a written version of this, because it was so crammed full of names, places and key events of history, all of which whizzed by at hyper speed through the course of this amazing video!
Philip Cobb there is a pause button, get a pen and paper 👍
Such an amazing video and right when I needed it!
Been sharing this intro to everyone who will acknowledge my existence. Thanks Matt.
Great intro. You knew how to say Soli Deo Gloria! :) Thanks for posting this.
I learned so much from this. I also noticed a marked lack of editing which says a lot about how much you prepared. Your efforts in putting this together make for an effortless presentation. Thanks for the consistently great content!
The first 5 minutes and the righteousness vault part are pure GOLD
The intro is genius!!!
Thanks for the content also, very good!
Watch this again. In fact, showed it to a group of college students today. You made the Reformation come alive. Thanks, again. ps - Luther's monastery stint was in Erfurt, not Wittenberg.
Thank you so much for this video! I was in the exact situation you described in the beginning and now I feel equipped to remain cool at the parties when this topic comes up again! (you may think I'm joking, but I'm not!)
Great video Matt as a protestant I learned a lot
Matt, you're a freakin good guy. Just sticking that in here. You're pretty much my inspiration, and I'm a grown-ass man (24), an engineer, and a Catholic too.
Luther is famously quoted saying: ”justification [Luther's understanding] is the article by which the church stands and falls.” Question: Why did the Church stand for 1500 years without having Luther's version of Justification? Why the Catholic Church stands until this day but the Protestant movement fell almost immediately disintegrating into hundreds of sects?
Again and again I am blown away by the way you are able to relay this info. You do it so effectively that I always come away with positive questions about my own faith and what I need to change or not change. I am taking part in a holiness weekend in January and we are focusing on the Five Solas, Im speaking on Faith Alone and I am nervous but excited to share the amazing gift of Grace that God has put out for us. Its my first time speaking at an event like this and I am inspired by your approach to it. Thanks for everything you do Matt. God bless.
+keepbman that means a ton.
Also, l think you'll nail that talk in January.
Thank you very much for this video. I myself am a protestant. Finally, I understand what it means.
Thank you so much for this. Glad to find someone on the same page!
Faith without works is dead. 2:14 Not that works gets you to Heaven but a TRUE Christians bears good fruit. So if you call yourself a Christian and do NO GOOD WORKS you're not a real Christian.
Right n this point u didn't covered in video
That’s a call to action, you can’t pray for a job and expect to get one without ever going out and applying for one, your faith is dead because you aren’t acting on anything.
Revelation 14:12 here is the patience of the saints, here are those who KEEP the commandments of God AND the faith of Jesus.
I am so thankful that God led us to Eastern Orthodoxy. Sooooo thankful!!
Awesome, now I can look so cool as parties... sadly, I never go to parties :)) but it is still cool and awesome information, clearly put together. Keep being awesome at parties Matt! :)
Matt, good stuff! This video should be shown in history classes. Thanks for sharing this info with your outstanding presentation skills. I am going to show this to my 11 y/o son as an extra history lesson.
U r sharing half truth which is more dangerous bro
Whew, I thought I was the only one that had ever been in that situation ...I feel better now. Great synopsis of the PR. I think the only feedback I would give (and I'm less of an expert than you might claim to be) is that the most important source for Luther's revelation comes from the end of Romans 1:17; the just shall live by faith. You talked about it but that verse has always been explained to me to be the fundamental idea of the PR.
lol, totally thought this video was going in a different direction because my alert said "Enough about the Protestant Reformation."
Almost thought we'd be getting an announcement to call Matt "Father Matt" from here on out...
That may or may not have been intentional :)
Whatever you say Father Matt!
Father Matt is now a thing
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Sooo got to say I liked your stuff. Today was cool just saw it 3 years after you posted it. I know nothing is perfect so just to say being raised catholic was good to me gave me a strong foundation now as im much older I enjoy reading outside the walls and understand faith and religion are very different. I love a free Methodist service it’s like going to a Bible class and catholic mass is like home. But both go to the same truth in Jesus.
I read “The Life and Times of Martin Luther” by Schwiebert about 20 years ago. It took me a while to get through it, but it was very interesting. Nice to see it in your stack of books.
A Excellent Video.. Highly Recommended Thank You For Sharing...
I like your videos! Looking forward to seeing more in the future!
On a side note: altho I don't agree on your take on the Reformation and there was a lot that you left out, especially on the side of the Catholics- I think it is a testimony of God that the Catholic Church is even still going. After all that She has been thru even during Martin Luther's day, the Catholic Church continues to produce Saints and continues to attract sinners to the Gospel. This alone is enough I think to pause and consider what the Holy Spirit is doing in and thru the Catholic Church inspite of the many broken vessels of clay within Her.
The Holy Spirit drew me to the Catholic faith and I come from a Evangelical Protestant background. It was Truth that converted me to becoming a Catholic. :)
Anyway, perhaps you can make a video about the Counter-Reformation and how the Catholic Church finally responded to Luther's call for Reformation and the growth of the Catholic Church after it took this call to reform seriously?
God bless!
Total agreement. I'm a convert, from Pentecostal. The purposes of the initial crusades are RARELY mentioned from a protestant view. Those crusades were awful. People were killed. But. They were going to protect, and retrieve the Holy places in Holy Land Constantine mom, Helena was important part of it. The original cross was found, because a young child was healed when a part of it was touched on the child.
He does leave alot. And that's probably why he hasn't responded to your comment. When you ignore it, you don't have to acknowledge it.
I like his videos but he tends to disregard things that go against his protestant beliefs. He simply just says that he will agree to disagree.
I'm a Catholic Convert as well but I think he kind of nails it when he says they caught the Church on it's "worst day". The modern Catholic Church has actually renounced many of the abuses that we're going on at the time... actually if the Church had taken many of the points Luther had and made an honest effort to reform those abuses Luther might have stayed within the Church and be seen as a great reformer of the Church. Even as a Catholic apologist I can say there is nothing to be gained by trying to defend all of the practices that we're going on at the time.
@@TheDjcarter1966 Luther didn't believe that works mattered, nor did he believe in the Eucharist. His reformation was not really on corruption like abuse of power.
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Yeah but the protestants killed as many from the get go. Luther wanted the Jews dead, Couldn’t even shake hands with Calvin, Luther’s church is pretty much catholic and till today, protestants still persecute Catholics. Did we forget what Henry did in England ? Did we forget how Catholic Churches we’re burned in the US. Luther had his private interpretation and thought he was right. Faith alone is nowhere to be found in the Bible.
Thank you for being cool, informative and humble.
Such a cool video! Eric Metexas's book on Luther is another excellent resource.
That was the best intro to a video I have ever watched in the history of UA-cam
I really enjoy Matt... but always interesting how he politely puts us into two categories... Carefully treading through the minefield he uncovers the Low and High church, as he puts it... High Church being quite complicated and ornate with mantras etc. and Low church being easy going and engaging. His true intention is sugar coated and may be well hidden.... I trust that his heart sees the need for Christians to unite and be the Family around the table of the Lord... united.... to rise above human nature and as the apostles, united in Christ, bring his teachings and way to the world.....
I’ve only ever seen him show respect to all expressions of Christian faith, if your offended by low church and high church phrasing you might be reading a little to much into the meaning.
so glad you brought up the printing press
Thank you for this content and other videos, you have a talent for making theology interesting, I grew up mormon and the last couple years I found the problem with their historical truth claims, I appreciate your approach and humor, your a sharp dude, makes me wanna know more and more....
Wish I had more to add to the conversation but this is all new to me, I'm just over here learnin stuff that apparently I should've known all along lol
I love all your content. God bless you brother.
Best intro yet.
I wonder if the Catholic Church had self corrected when it came to indulgences if we would have had the same rift or not. For me personally, I see great value in the Catholic priesthood as even though human try their best to be the embodiment of Christ, when doing specific tasks. For instance during the consecration, confession, etc. The sacraments. If at one point a priest had not told me in the confessional that I was full of pride I don't think I would have been motivated enough to dig deeper on my own to see where I was not humble, full of myself, and blocking Gods grace in my life. You have shed some light for me, not unlike when being humbled, to have a greater understanding. Not to mention sounding better at a party. Thanks Matt!
The Protestants didn't completely throw out the "priesthood" though. There are Protestant churches that do confessions, or similar things, and every church will have elder(s) leading it. What changed was the role those people played. In the Catholic church, as Matt mentioned, these people stand between you and God, while in the Protestant church they stand beside you. They still lead prayers, preach from scripture, listen to confessions, serve the Lord's Table, etc., but they are doing it as brothers in Christ, not fathers.
I really don't like the amount of pagan influence in the Catholic church or the heavy reliance on ritual.
there is no need for confessional with a priest. They have no power to help you in that way. Sure they may be helpful to talk with. If you want to confess your sins confess them to God. If you have the Holy Spirit he will tell you of your pride. The catholic church places barriers between man and God. Its been that way for more than 1000 years.
@@NarsisAusian Amen!
@Reactionary Hermit Using early Christians as an example of tons of positivity isn't the best, especially since Paul's letters shows him constantly trying to put out fires and get them to stop what they are doing. Judaism certainly had importance in incense but Hebrews 10:19-22 shows why that ritual should be done with. Much of Catholicism is merely a blending of early Christianity with the pagan practices of the time to try and make the transition easier and keep more in the church. No one said anything about the rituals being "scary" but I would argue against them not being Biblical. Evangelical "whataboutism" doesn't really solve anything.
I really enjoy your temperament on inflammatory subjects
Omigosh I laughed so hard and learned so much!
I was hoping this would be unbiased. Catholics today would agree with many things Luther protested. Clearly you leave out many facts about Luther. True, he was married to a woman who was a Catholic nun. However, he couldn't stop having an affair with another woman so the Church leaders allowed him to marry the other woman as well. Luther did more than sola fide and sola scriptura, he taught that every one had the absolute right of interpretation which blew up in his face as it lead to thousands of denominations (something Luther would regret). When Jesus said, may we all be one as he and the father is one was tossed out the window. Instead of acting rightly and becoming a saint of the Church as many Catholic Reformers, Luther did irreversible damage to the Body of Christ. We are one under Christ. As far as the corruption in the Church, there has always has corruption and always needs renewal (that is because man is a part of it). Protestant churches are no stranger to this. Every time I see a multi-millionaire Protestant pastor reminds me of this truth. Sounds like you really believe in faith alone.... Read Matthew 25. We must cooperate with the gift of salvation. By believing the one saved always saved philosophy, one creates a moral dilemma by believing they can steal, cheat, kill and everything else without eternal consequence. In the end there are too many problems with this talk to elaborate in a single comment.
well stated Tim. Luther was a disaster and the people that willingly follow his man made theology continue to damage Christianity.
I've never heard this idea about Luther having an affair and second wife, and I can't find any info on it when I search it. Do you have a source for that?
I definitely think Matt way overstates the "genius" of Luther; Lutherans today freely admit Luther's flaws. They would also argue that one can fall away and lose salvation, and Lutheran theologians have always fiercely argued against antinomianism with Law and Gospel theology.
So while you definitely make some good points concerning Lutheranism causing disunity in the church, I don't think you're being entirely fair.
@@lyterman- I don't necessarily agree with your comments on Paul and Sola Fide. That is that faith alone is sufficient to gain heaven. Matt 25 puts breaks on that. Besides, the only time "Faith Alone" is in the bible is in the book of James where the word "Not by" is in front of it.
@@lyterman: What I had written was erased as I responded to comments that were not made by you. I did adjust the text accordingly once my error was realized. My apologies.
@@lyterman Most people do not understand the Catholic position. We too believe that you cannot earn your way to heaven. We believe we are called to works, however, salvation is first and foremost a gift of grace. To believe that we can earn our way is Pelagian and we do not subscribe to that philosophy of salvation. We do believe we are called to cooperate with the grace of salvation. We also believe that any good that comes from our works goes to God's credit as God is the prime mover in our lives. When we stray from that which has been laid before us, we sin. That is of our own free will. God is merciful and gracious. God wants to forgive us, but we have to come with a contrite heart and true repentance. I see where many believe that Paul teaches faith alone.
Consider: Romans 3:28 is a key verse in the differences between traditional Protestants and Catholics. You will notice that Paul says a man is justified by faith (pistei in Greek). When Martin Luther translated the letter to the Romans into German in the sixteenth century, he added the word alone -but alone is not in the original Greek text. The phrase “faith alone” does occur in the New Testament: one time, in James 2:24. There the inspired apostle denies that justification is from faith alone. Let me quote it: “You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.”
Paul says we are justified by faith, which means we follow God by faith in the works laid out for us. Now consider Matt 25 where the sheep on the right and the goats on the left. The goats did not follow what was expected of them; They did not walk in faith nor cooperate with the good works laid out before them and were cast into the fire. The sheep entered the Kingdom of God as they cooperated with the grace of salvation given to them. In other words, Salvation is by the unmerited grace of God. Walking in faith and cooperation to that faith is our role. Consider Abraham who walked thousands of miles that God would deliver him to the promised land. To carry out this work, he walked in faith.
Matt: Thanks for making the Reformation understandable!
Thank you for this. Great info, easy to listen to. Well done.
Thanks!
Keep these vids coming
Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" podcast had some great stuff about the time of the reformation.
Can Carlin’s podcast about Munster is interesting, but it isn’t about theology... it’s about a political power grab by a cult....
Nice videos & good summary of the history of false teachings.
Great job, I am eyeing all your books behind you. Love books and what you have just given I wish more folks could discover, history, it brings in a much fuller understanding!
Never heard about the reformation quite like this before. Love your videos
+Rostik Borenko Thanks a ton man!
Glory be to God
Fan-freaking-tastic!! A great presentation!!!! Thank you!! :)
I loved your intro - Hilarious. And superb story telling.
I'm a protestant, and basically agree with the 5 solas. But sometimes the Sola Gratia/Fide makes us lazy. "I'm baptised, so I'm good" kind of thinking. True, Salvation is for free, but after that we are called to become holy, we are called to be disciples... And that is costly! Jesus wants all of us. And since that part is a bit tougher, we tend to emphasize the free gift part.
(So here the Catholic thinking on living as a Catholic - going to Mass, using the sacraments, helping the poor, etc. is helpful in a very practical way, IMHO)
Im a devout catholic but i like ur videos.
I still believe the reformation made a bigger mess of christianity then ever before .
I also like every catholic knows we had bad popes but also we had many good popes.
What everyone must remember is the pope is human and can sin like every one else.
With all that said we all believe in jesus and the holy trinity so we are joined as brothers and sisters not matter what schism happened or will happen.
OMG- you are hilarious! Thanks for your gift of bringing what normally may seem to people just dry material especially if they're not into it, to life. Thanks for the synopsis on the Reformation, helpful Can't wait to be the hit of the party!
That title of the video that pulled me in. Dang totally thought it was something else but still good.
Revelation 22:12 and behold I am coming quickly and My reward is with Me to give to everyone according to his WORK
Revelation 22:14 blessed are those who DO His commandments that they may have have the right to the tree of life and may enter through the gates into the city
Luther didn´t question the existence of purgatory in the 95 theses. (But he changed his mind later). One of my favourites is nr 45: "Christians are to be taught that the one who sees a needy person and passes by, yet gives money for indulgences, does not buy papal indulgences but God´s wrath."
Good video. Great looking Claymore, too. (It looks like mine.)
I like how you laid out all the history and made it interesting. But, I think we are in the minority who believe the five solas. Keep up the good work.
The first 2 minutes earned my like.
One of the things I didn't hear addressed was that when Luther translated the Bible he customized it to fit his beliefs.
Bro, you made that way too real for me. Also, I love the podcast.