Reformation Sunday

[Lamb]

Today there are some churches who will celebrate the Reformation (the real date is Oct. 31). It's the 500th Anniversary! :cheer:

Will your church be doing anything special or make a passing comment?

 

[Confessional Lutheran]

Today there are some churches who will celebrate the Reformation (the real date is Oct. 31). It's the 500th Anniversary! :cheer:

Will your church be doing anything special or make a passing comment?

Service, an Oktoberfest lunch and I believe we're all going up to Herndon for a Reformation Service.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Today there are some churches who will celebrate the Reformation (the real date is Oct. 31). It's the 500th Anniversary! :cheer:

Will your church be doing anything special or make a passing comment?

Well, I did suggest a posthumous excommunication ...

:smirk:

But my priest hasn't agreed yet

 

[NewCreation435]

Today there are some churches who will celebrate the Reformation (the real date is Oct. 31). It's the 500th Anniversary! :cheer:

Will your church be doing anything special or make a passing comment?

I've never been in a service where this date was acknowledged.

 

[Imalive]

nm

 

[Albion]

I've never been in a service where this date was acknowledged.

It's more likely in a Lutheran Church than other Protestant churches. But I was wondering if the 500th would make a difference.

I haven't seen any special notices in the local newspaper to that effect, however.

 

[Josiah]

Today there are some churches who will celebrate the Reformation (the real date is Oct. 31). It's the 500th Anniversary! :cheer: Will your church be doing anything special or make a passing comment?

We've had special worship services this month.... the pastor has been going through the Solas. Started with Sola Scriptura and then the 3 solas proclaiming justification. Today it will be Sola Fide. The special services have all been on the theme of course, but always including a hymn written by Luther. The pastor's Sunday Bible Class has been on the "sola" for that Sunday, too.

There is a big special area service at 4:00 today, I think 7 or 8 Lutheran churches are doing this together at the largest Lutheran facility. Too bad other Protestants aren't celebrating, but that's how it goes.


A blessed Reformation Sunday to all!



Pax Christi



- Josiah



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[NewCreation435]

It's more likely in a Lutheran Church than other Protestant churches. But I was wondering if the 500th would make a difference.

I haven't seen any special notices in the local newspaper to that effect, however.

I attend a non denominational church now and I haven't heard a word. I doubt many of the members even know what the Protestant reformation was.

 

[Albion]

That DID cross my mind. From what the members say, a lot of the newer Protestant denominations or non-denoms feel that they are NOT Protestants--I think because they want to believe that their churches have sprung from nowhere to uphold the Bible or else are the heirs of Christians who supposedly held out against Rome throughout history.

Lutherans, Presbyterians, and etc. are thought to have arisen from a purely internal spat within the Catholic church and, depending on whom you talk with, there's the idea that those churches of the Reformation are still enslaved to the RCC because they didn't get rid of every last thing that Catholics do or believe.


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[NewCreation435]

That DID cross my mind. From what the members say, a lot of the newer Protestant denominations or non-denoms feel that they are NOT Protestants--I think because they want to believe that their churches have sprung from nowhere to uphold the Bible or else are the heirs of Christians who supposedly held out against Rome throughout history.

Lutherans, Presbyterians, and etc. are thought to have arisen from a purely internal spat within the Catholic church and, depending on whom you talk with, there's the idea that those churches of the Reformation are still enslaved to the RCC because they didn't get rid of every last thing that Catholics do or believe.


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I think it actually goes deeper than that. I think that many people are biblically ignorant and have no knowledge of church history at all.

 

[Albion]

I do agree to that! I've even encountered people who insisted that they did not want to know anything about the history of Christianity, just (they said) what's in the Bible, although I didn't pick up any indications that they knew much about it either.

 

[Lamb]

A member at church said that the local classical radio station has been making mention of the Reformation and Martin Luther and even playing some of his music. That's really cool!

 

[MoreCoffee]

A member at church said that the local classical radio station has been making mention of the Reformation and Martin Luther and even playing some of his music. That's really cool!

He's famous, despite being 500 years dead (well less than 500, more like 480). Some of his hymns - I don't know many really - are good.

 

[MennoSota]

We've had about four special evening classes to discuss the reason for the Reformation. Our all-church summer Sunday School class went over church history up to the Reformation to show why the Reformation was desperately needed.
On Tuesday evening there is a community invited Reformation celebration at the church. Dress up as a Reformer. Shall I go as Menno Simons and call for separation of church and state?

 

[hedrick]

We're showing a movie about Luther next Sunday evening with a bit of a discussion (which I'm leading).

 

[Confessional Lutheran]

I tried to find Good Shepherd in Herndon, got lost and drove back home. That was not fun. I did try and I shot off an apology to my pastor.

 

[Tigger]

The last night they had a Lutherfest, which is basically an Octoberfest Lutheran style and today the liturgical color was red.

 

[MoreCoffee]

The last night they had a Lutherfest, which is basically an Octoberfest Lutheran style and today the liturgical color was red.

But Mr Luther died of old age (well, technically the illnesses of old age really) so why red? Red is for martyrs.

 

[Tigger]

But Mr Luther died of old age (well, technically the illnesses of old age really) so why red? Red is for martyrs.

The liturgical color for Pentecost is red :roll:

 

[MoreCoffee]

The liturgical color for Pentecost is red :roll:

Is it? I haven't noticed, I thought it was silver/white and gold.

PS: I just checked, it is in fact red for Pentecost Sunday. I ought to check why