Luther: The Musician; The great reformer did more than write theology.

Christianity Today ^ | 03/09/2018 | Colin Holman

[sam_whiskey]

My favorite-

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8XUYZoguhEQ

[dp0622]

That’s pretty cool and something I did not know.

But I’m Catholic. I bet most Protestants didn’t know :)

I’d like to hear some of his music.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

His music was better than his theology.

[beethovenfan]

My favorite also.

[beethovenfan]

How so?

[SES1066]

My favorite- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8XUYZoguhEQ

I prefer a slower tempo to this beloved hymn. This Youtube has some of the hymn's history that adds to this interest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEhJS8OYglg

[niteowl77]

Lots of old Lutheran and German Reformed types claimed that the English translations lacked the power of the original German. My grandmother learned Ein feste Burg as a child. I remember her gesangbuch sitting on a dusty, low shelf of an end table- obviously from the Victorian era, with blackletter fonts and written in a mysterious language. The notion of that prematurely old woman - she really seemed like she belonged to the generation before hers - ever being a young farmer's daughter singing hymns in a prairie church was beyond my ability to imagine.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Because as a Catholic I find his theology disagreeable. But some of his hymns are quite stirring. So, chalk one up for his musical talent.

[plain talk]

Ah — A might Fortress. Great piece of music.

[alexander_busek]

Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. ... But any who remain unaffected [by music] are clodhoppers indeed and are fit to hear only the words of dung-poets and the music of pigs.”

Wish that had proper attribution!

The closest citation I could find was:

"Viele Samen guter Eigenschaften stecken in den Gemütern, die von der Musik ergriffen werden; die aber nicht von ihr ergriffen werden sind, denke ich, Stümpfen und Steinen gleich." (Correspondence with Ludwig Senfl)

However, I suspect that it might rather be from „Von der Freyheyt eynisz Christen menschen“ (De libertate christiana). Can anyone help?

Regards,

[SeekAndFind]

Read What Luther REALLY MEANT IN CONTEXT here:

http://beggarsallreformation.blogspot.com/2010/08/luther-good-works-are-bad-and-are-sin.html

He DID NOT mean that sinning is much better than good works. *THAT* is a mis-representation.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Most Difficult Bible Verses for Protestants

Which Protestant?

The link you sent implies that all non-catholic Christians agree on what was written. NOT SO.

[SeekAndFind]

What Jesus Meant When He Said “You Must Eat My Flesh”

[SeekAndFind]

Eating Jesus’ Flesh and Drinking His Blood? What did He mean?

[ebb tide]

Which Protestant?

All of them? What do you think the word "protestant" means?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: What do you think the word “protestant” means?

It means someone “Protesting” against Catholics. Are Baptists for instance doing that today?

Are Evangelicals? Where is the protest?

[boatbums]

There's no convincing some who have already made up their minds about Luther in spite of the truth. The Beggar's All website http://beggarsallreformation.blogspot.com/ contains a nearly complete list of all the polemical lies anti-Protestant Catholics spit out but they seldom avail themselves of the knowledge. It's good when their lies can be exposed.