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95 Theses / The Saxon New World: two documentary films
Two documentaries: about Martin Luther's 95 Theses at their 500th anniversary, and about 19th-centur
Gotta love that scene in Gladiator II when a Roman noble is reading the newspaper in the morning with coffee - more than a millennium before the Gutenberg press:
5 Lies 'Gladiator II' Tells About Ancient Rome
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Still a good movie, but historians have notes.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
An awfully well-written post here from Concordia Historical Institute about Reformation Day.📜
But my favorite and most jaw-dropping reference is the yet-enduring shill of indulgences even today: www.ncregister.com/cna/how-to-obtain-a-plenary-indulgence-during-the-2025-jubilee
I want to think of Martin Luther getting a big belly laugh from this and taking a swig from his stein, simply amused. We are so much smarter now.
Rock on: soundcloud.com/hpmoon/anfechtung
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Fully warned and aware that this will have hardly anything to do with the Protestant Reformation, I couldn't resist this! Looking forward to good laughs in a few minutes...
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