1. Church History 2 The Story of the Reformation Week 2

3. Tonight 1.What Martin Luther taught (doctrine). 2.Luther and Melanchthon’s reforms in Wittenberg (practice).

4. Martin Luther (by Lucas Cranach the Elder)

5. The Emblem of the Papacy – the keys of the Kingdom (Matt 16:19)

6. Luther at the Diet of Worms

8. “Meanwhile, back in Wittenberg, those in charge (led by Karlstad) were making it look as if the Reformation was really all about attacking priests and the images of saints, eating as much as possible on fast days, and generally doing everything differently just so as to thumb one’s nose at the old ways.” Reeves, pg 56

9. Questions or comments?

10. Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death? A. That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him.

11. Philip Melanchthon (by Lucas Cranach the Elder)

12. The Leipzig Disputation - 1519

13. Luther’s main points at Leipzig 1.If Christ is the head of the church, why do Christians need a pope? 2.If it is a heresy to deny papal supremacy, then all the early Christians were heretics. There were no popes in early Christian times. 3.Christ has already done the work to reconcile Christians with God, so why do they need any further mediation by church leadership?

14. Questions or comments?

15. NEXT WEEK: Zwingli and the Anabaptists SESSION 1: God’s mercenary: Ulrich Zwingli and the reform movement in Zurich. SESSION 2: The Reformation turns radical with the Anabaptists.