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“Luther’s Cradle Song” or “Away in a Manger,” as it was printed in The Congregationalist (Boston, Massachusetts, Wednesday, January 04, 1882; pg. What songs did Martin Luther write? To mark the five centuries since Luther’s famous protest, here are five of his compositions: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is Our God) …
Who was Martin Luther King Jr’s father? What were Martin Luther’s main ideas? His writings were responsible for fractionalizing the Catholic Church and sparking the Protestant Reformation. His central teachings, that the Bible is the central source of religious authority and that salvation is reached through faith and not deeds, shaped the core of Protestantism. …
His greatest leadership quality was integrity, which he showed when he gave his life for what he was fighting for. He also showed integrity by taking responsibility for his actions. How was Martin Luther King integrity? He had integrity because he tried to make a difference without violence. He was a minister and believed Jesus …
delivers “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the African American civil rights movement reaches its high-water mark when Martin Luther King, Jr. When and where was Martin Luther King’s speech? On August 28, 1963, some 100 years after President Abraham Lincoln …
Less than four weeks later, on January 3, 1521, the pope formally declared Luther a heretic. What happened to Martin Luther after he was excommunicated? In January 1521, the Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther. He was then summoned to appear at the Diet of Worms, an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire. He refused to …
The author of Luke had a cultivated literary background and wrote in good idiomatic Greek. If the Gospel bearing his name and the Acts of the Apostles were written by the traditionally ascribed author, they were probably composed during or shortly after the Jewish revolt (66–73 ce). Was the Gospel of Mark written in Greek? …
Church of England, English national church that traces its history back to the arrival of Christianity in Britain during the 2nd century. It has been the original church of the Anglican Communion since the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. Can a Protestant marry a Catholic? The Catholic Church recognizes as sacramental, (1) the marriages between two baptized …
Holders of the Jesus’ Name doctrine assert that baptism in the name of Jesus is the proper method, and most (not all) feel that baptism “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” is invalid because Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not names but titles Alternatively, the …
Martin Luther is one of the most influential figures in Western history. His writings were responsible for fractionalizing the Catholic Church and sparking the Protestant Reformation. How did Lutheranism impact Europe? Lutheranism soon became a wider religious and political movement within the Holy Roman Empire owing to support from key electors and the widespread adoption …
The four gospels that we find in the New Testament, are of course, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The first three of these are usually referred to as the “synoptic gospels,” because they look at things in a similar way, or they are similar in the way that they tell the story. In what order …