A Fun, Animated History of the Reformation and the Man Who Started It All | Short Film Showcase

[Music] Emma's precise and nuanced look into the life of the Bann legend and visionary Martin Luther sir one day when Luther is 21 years old he experiences something which will have picked him for the rest of his life certainly the thunderstorm erupts a wild violent one Luther is terrified of being struck by lightning and dying because all his life he has been told that he must earn a place in heaven when he dies and he doesn't think he has done that quite yet so he falls to his knees to pray not to God but to st. Anna so that she might ask God to look after him and lose the promise that if God would see him safely through the thunderstorm he would offer the rest of his life to God by becoming a monk Luther cannot understand it if God's intention is really for poor people to spend all their money buying their way out of punishment so they can go to heaven and why should it be easier for the rich to avoid a long time in purgatory than it is for the poor he thinks it's way too much about money and too little about God when priests sell letters of indulgence with slogans such as when the coin in the coffer cleans the soul from purgatory Springs Luther wants to discuss this with other monks and priests so he writes 95 theses and nails them to the church door in Wittenberg where he lives the church door you see acts as a form of bulletin board and is a completely normal way to put things up for debate Luther is allowed to defend himself at a trial in the city of wounds the church hopes that Luther will withdraw what he said and raped so that everything can return to normal but Luther will not he maintains that if no one can prove him wrong through arguments for quotes from the Bible he must be right I cannot and I will not regret what I have said I cannot act against my conscience Luther says not many in the audience have heard the word conscience before but they are in no doubt as to whether Luther stands firm on his beliefs or not as a result they declare him an outlaw this means that anyone now has a duty to catch him and hand him over to the authorities after Luthor has been outlawed he is forced to hide he hides in his friend elector Frederick skuzzle-butt born up until then the Bible has only existed in Greek and Latin while hiding at ford poor luther translates the entire New Testament into German Luther wants people to have the opportunity to read the Bible in their own language so they do not depend on the priests and the church's interpretation because Luther sees the Bible as God speaking to all people when people get access to reading the Bible themselves they also begin to use the words of the Bible as an argument for all sorts of things Luther has started something he cannot control his news thoughts are used as arguments in the power struggles of princess in revolts and in the struggle between Kings princes and the truth about who actually decides what soon everyone is pulling and fighting some even go to war Luther had dreamt about changing the church he knew but his thoughts ended up splitting the church in to the Catholic Church and the Protestant church and that soon becomes important for many other things than the charge [Music] you you [Music]

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Id: FhGGjRjvq7w

Length: 4min 55sec (295 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 03 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/prajnadhyana]

One of the best scams in history! Literally money for nothing.

[u/shadomicron]

Catholicism: the OG capitalism.

[u/spaceghoti]

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

[u/SaltyDogBill]

You could also buy indulgences for your dead relatives.

[u/August3]

You can't buy them now because Trump bought them all.

[u/Tidderring]

On Dec 25, 800, Charlemagne was crowned the First Holy Roman Emperor in the StPeter Basilica, Rome, for defending the Pope Leo3 against the northerners— first Mafia action recorded :)

[u/[deleted]]

Even in their theology purgatory no longer exists.

[u/FlyingArdilla]

They built a lot of cathedrals (and funded less savory things)