PROTESTANT REFORMATION @500 YEARS QUO VADIS?: – Episode 1 – The Very German Protest

Name: PROTESTANT REFORMATION @500 YEARS QUO VADIS?: – Episode 1 – The Very German Protest
Item: PROTESTANT REFORMATION @500 YEARS QUO VADIS?: – Episode 1 – The Very German Protest
Author: Aaron Minguez

“A Thorough Look into Protestant History”

Family Content: +2 Moderately questionable elements.

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What You Need To Know:

Episode One of PROTESTANT REFORMATION @500 YEARS: QUO VADIS follows historians as they discuss the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. It sets the stage by looking at the practices of the Roman Catholic Church at that time. Relics and indulgences are a major part of the church culture. Churchgoers felt at peace knowing they were close to remains or artifacts of saints and that they could buy their way out of Purgatory, which according to Catholic theology at the time was a limbo between Heaven and Hell. Martin Luther, the German monk turned reformer, rejects those ideas and others by posting 99 Theses on the walls of a church. This sends him into hiding, but later this begins to take root, changing the church as the people at the time knew it. For all the changes Luther wrought, the episode also rightly highlights his subsequent Anti-Semitism and other animosities.

Airing on Alabama Public TV, Episode One of THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION @500 YEARS is rather dry but extremely informative and thorough. It has a very strong Christian, biblical worldview, with very little objectionable content.

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Very strong Christin, biblical as historians unpack the history of the protestant church, scripture quoted, Jesus held in high esteem, the value of the church ex-tolled, and the Lord’s Supper is valued

Foul Language:

No foul language

Violence:

Depictions of Jesus on the Cross with blood coming out of him in paintings

Sex:

Mention of humans being sexual creatures so that marriage is acceptable, and celibacy isn’t always necessary

Nudity:

Naturalistic nudity in medieval paintings and other art

Alcohol Use:

Alcoholic grails depicted in medieval paintings and other art

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking or drugs;

Miscellaneous Immorality:

Church corruption, but the episode explains the reasoning behind the corruption, and Anti-Semitism.

More Detail:

Titled “The Very German Protest,” Episode One of PROTESTANT REFORMATION @500 YEARS: QUO VADIS follows historians as they explain the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

The episode begins setting the stage by looking at the practices of the Roman Catholic Church at that time. Relics and indulgences are a major part of the church culture. Church-goers felt at peace knowing they were close to remains or artifacts of saints and that they could buy their way out of Purgatory, which according to Catholic theology at the time was a limbo area between Heaven and Hell.

Martin Luther, the German monk turned-reformer, rejects those ideas by posting his 99 Theses on the walls of a Catholic church. Luther rejected the idea of buying “indulgences” to avoid Purgatory. He also rejected the Catholic teaching of transubstantiation that the elements in communion or the Lord’s are transformed into Christ’s body and blood. Instead, he believed it was consubstantiation which was both a way to remember His sacrifice on the Cross and a reality, as opposed to Calvin who held that it was only a way to remember the real presence.
His biblical views send him into hiding but later begins to take root, changing the church as the people at the time knew it. For all the changes Luther wrought, the episode rightly highlights his much later Anti-Semitism and other animosities.

Episode One of THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION @500 YEARS is rather dry but highly informative and extremely thorough. It has a very strong Christian, biblical worldview, with little to no objectionable content.