Lutheran Roots in America
BackWho were the first Lutherans in the new world? Why did they come and what did they find when they got here? From Swedes to Danes to Germans and Norwegians, Lutheran Roots in America recounts the dramatic tale of Lutheran migration to America. You will learn about Muhlenberg, the Saxons, Hans Neilson Hauge, the Salzburgers and others. Designed for new member and confirmation classes, this video will help congregations understand their history.
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Uploaded: October 23, 2006 at 10:16 am
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Length: 00:31:37
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Video Comments:
thorpypoo (October 13, 2008 at 9:53 am)
Luther's anti-semitism was a carry over from his former catholocism and his inability to see that Christians are chosen by God, not made. He was trying to force conversion and that is not how it works. Secondly, Luther, like other reformers was a man of passion. He let his passions carry him away. I don't mean to say he was not a Christian but it is a glaring error. But then, we are all sinners with no righteousness of our own aren't we.
ELCAVideo (September 9, 2008 at 2:05 pm)
The Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on April 18, 1994, adopted a statement on Lutheran-Jewish relations, which you can read online. Since comments here can't contain URLS, just enter the text below (without spaces) in your browser address bar and you'll see the statement: tinyurl . com / 6aunyr
CARINE125 (September 6, 2008 at 5:26 pm)
Luther wasn't a saint. Only God is.
Je pense qu'en aucun cas ces propos à l'encontre des juifs ne doivent faire oublier ce que Luther a apporté à l'humanité, la "redécouverte" du message de l'Evangile. Tout est grâce, Dieu est miséricorde, Il s'est offert Lui-même afin que nous ayons, TOI et MOI, le Salut et la vie éternelle.
Je pense qu'en aucun cas ces propos à l'encontre des juifs ne doivent faire oublier ce que Luther a apporté à l'humanité, la "redécouverte" du message de l'Evangile. Tout est grâce, Dieu est miséricorde, Il s'est offert Lui-même afin que nous ayons, TOI et MOI, le Salut et la vie éternelle.
CARINE125 (September 6, 2008 at 2:55 pm)
je voudrais citer ici le livre de Lucie Kaennel: Luther était-il antisémite? (Genève: Labor & Fides, collection Entrée libre, 1997).
"Luther était-il antisémite? Question embarrassante, question tabou, question polémique.
Le débat a eu lieu, au moment du procès de Nuremberg, quand certains criminels de guerre du III e Reich se sont réclamés, dans leur action, de la pensée du grand Réformateur allemand.....
"Luther était-il antisémite? Question embarrassante, question tabou, question polémique.
Le débat a eu lieu, au moment du procès de Nuremberg, quand certains criminels de guerre du III e Reich se sont réclamés, dans leur action, de la pensée du grand Réformateur allemand.....
CARINE125 (September 6, 2008 at 2:51 pm)
.....La question de l'antisémitisme de Luther nous invite à la fois à assumer notre passé, à faire œuvre de mémoire, mais aussi à ne pas faire porter le poids de notre culpabilité d'hommes et de femmes du XX e siècle par Luther."
CARINE125 (September 6, 2008 at 2:47 pm)
Un arbre se reconnait à ses fruits et les fruits de l'église luthérienne sont beaux. Le nazisme n'en fait pas parti. Avec ou sans Luther les nazis auraient mis en place la solution finale. D'ailleurs je ne crois pas qu'Hitler se réfère aux écrits de Luther.
AmbientMusic (August 29, 2008 at 7:51 am)
Martin Luther, founder of the Lutheran Church. Swell Guy Indeed. Be sure to check out Luther's Anti-Semetic writings in his blockbuster pre-nazi book 'On the Jews and Their Lies' (1543). Not far from 'Hitler's Table Talk' with regard to Jew hating.
AmbientMusic (August 29, 2008 at 7:59 am)
On the Jews and Their Lies (German: Von den Juden und ihren Lügen) is a treatise written in January 1543 by Martin Luther, the German theologian, in which he advocated harsh persecution of the Jewish people, including that their synagogues and schools be set on fire, prayer books destroyed, rabbis forbidden to preach, homes razed, and property and money confiscated.
AmbientMusic (August 29, 2008 at 8:02 am)
Four centuries later, the Nazis used quotations from this pamphlet (Luther's On the Jews and Their Lies), which was cited by the publisher of the Nazi newspaper Der Stürmer during the Nuremberg trials, [4] to justify the Final Solution.
BellumOmnium71 (October 11, 2008 at 10:44 am)
Luther was a man of his time, the Jews faced European opposition (particularly from the Spanish) for quite some time. His Anti-Semitism should be recognized and condemned, but that doesn't soil the validity of his theology.
Henry Ford was a virulent anti-Semite as well, but does that mean we should condemn all of his contributions to the auto industry?
Henry Ford was a virulent anti-Semite as well, but does that mean we should condemn all of his contributions to the auto industry?