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Period: 100 to 100
The Birth of Jesus Christ
(Luke 2:1-20) Within this passage are all the elements of the well known Christmas story, the beginning of the earthly life of Christ. Mary and Joseph, no room at the inn, the babe in the manger, the shepherds with their flocks, wise men from the East following the star to Bethlehem and bearing gifts for the Christ child, a multitude of angels rejoicing all these things make up the amazing story of the birth of the Savior two thousand years ago. -
Period: 100 to 100
The Birth of Jesus Christ
But the story of God coming to earth as a man began many years earlier with the prophecies of the coming Messiah. Isaiah foretold of a virgin who would conceive and bear a son and call His name Emmanuel, which means “God with us” (Isaiah 7:14). The first of the key events in the life of Christ is the humble beginning in a stable, when God came to be with us, born to set His people free and to save us from our sins. -
Dec 24, 1483
Martin Luther's Background
Martin Luther was a Christian and Augustinian monk whose teachings inspired the Protestant Reformation and thoroughly encouraged the doctrines of Protestant and other Christian traditions. Martin Luther was born to Hans and Margaretha Luder on 10 November 1483 in Eisleben, Germany and was baptised the next day on the feast of St. Martin of Tours, after whom he was named. -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther
Martin Luther is a man that made a change back in the 1500's, Martin Luther made a change by protesting against Indulgences, this is something thing people used to use to get forgiveness from a priest, they would pay the priest to get forgiveness and go to heaven so that when they got the black plague disease, they would go to heaven. Martin Luther made a protest against this so that it wouldn't happen anymore, some words he said was "This is unacceptable, it's time to make a change" -
Dec 24, 1545
The Council of Jerusalem
The Council of Trent: 1545-1563
Martin Luther was not the only—then Catholic—theologian to have fallen out with ecclesiastical authority. To settle concerns about indulgences he first asked for a general council and then also invoked the importance of greater reference to the Bible. Despite the urging of the Emperor Charles V in favour of a Council, the authorities dithered and it was some thirty years since the initial dispute in 1517 that the Council of Trent met in 1545. -
Vatican II
The Council of Trent: 1545-1563
Martin Luther was not the only then Catholic to have fallen out with religious authority. To sort out concerns about indulgences he first asked for a general council and then also turned to the importance of greater reference to the Bible. Despite the urging of the Emperor Charles V in favour of a Council, the authorities dithered and it was some thirty years since the initial dispute in 1517 that the Council of Trent met in 1545. -
What did Martin Luther want to achieve most ?
Martin Luther wanted to end what he perceived as corruption in the Catholic Church and to simplify the communication between believer and God.
