Reformation Polka

[Bearkiller777]

Viva La Reformacion!

[ericrocksabeard]

needs more accordion and clarinet.

[Ancientsun88]

happy reformation day everyone!!! (october 31st)

[Opalmerr]

I believe in the catholic church but not the Catholic church.

The definition of catholic is the universal Christian church.

Never have understood why some insist on inserting "Roman" before catholic inferring an exclusivity when Jesus' message is one of inclusiveness of all believers.

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

@Joybearer, thanks for the comments. The Reformers weren't opposing the Church, they were opposing Papalism. Is is right to EVER "divide" over doctrine...especially false doctrine? Thanks

[Joybearer]

@thekingdomcomedotcom I am afraid that I am not familiar with the usage of papalism in your context. Do you mean the Papal authority? Do kindly enlighten me. I can't understand your second statement, I assume you're implying that there are/were false doctrines in the Church? If so, may I ask, which doctrine/s of the Catholic Church have you deemed as false? I hope to see the evidence of your claims. BTW, Happy Easter!

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

@Joybearer First, Happy Easter/Resurrection Day. Thank you for the cordialality. Historic Christianity DIDN'T always see the Pope in Rome as the supreme leader of the Church. At first, the "bishop" in Rome had no more authority than the elders in other cities. It was only after the Church completely separated itself from the "temporal sword/power" that the Roman bishop began to assert himself as some sort of Petran line, as if Jesus was prophesying "Apostolic Successionism" in Mt 16:18.

[3abdulmesii7]

@thekingdomcomedotcom I'd like to see a citation from a historical primary document that conclusively demonstrates what you're saying about the papacy.

I'd say that Matthew 16:15-19 taken in light of Isaiah 22 is excellent biblical evidence for the Petrine ministry.

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

@3abdulmesii7 Youtube is not very allowing for posting source links so I wrote an entire article addressing your great questions. Please google Roderick Edwards kingdomcome and see the article called; "Why didn't Luther Just Join the Eastern Orthodox Church?"

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

@Joybearer - sorry part 2 :-) I'd say the main errors of Papalism, that if jettisoned would allow Protestants, Greek Orth and RCs to come together again are as follows:

1. Papal Infallibility (the bishop in Rome is NOT the inheriter of Peter)

2. Mariology (Mary is no redeemer, though she is blessed being the vessel of Jesus' birth)

3. Works based salvation (Even the story of Job should be proof that God saves whoever He wants, without merit of their "good works")

4. Redudant prayer Mt 23:14

[Joybearer]

@thekingdomcomedotcom Firstly, I wish to say that I am deeply appreciative of your couth. Much different from my experience with many non-Catholic Christians I have came across. That is indeed commendable. I do however, see that you're mainly targeting on the misconceptions on the Catholic Church. In the points which you claimed to be the "errors of Papalism". Next post =)

[Joybearer]

@thekingdomcomedotcom

1. Evidence please? I can trace the apostolic succession from Peter. Peter, Linus, Anacletus, Clement the 1st...Benedict the 16th

2.Misconception. Catholics call her the Blessed Virgin Mary, not divine goddess of mercy

3.Misconception. Catholics do not believe in supernatural meritorious works

4.I absolutely do not understand what this means. I apologize for my ignorance =(

[josiahn1]

@Joybearer just a quick question, how does the apostolic succession run for the times when there were two or even three popes all at one time? It wasn't even always the one in Rome that won out and ousted/killed the others too. Just confuses that point in my mind. And also, how does that run with the rules outlined by Paul for being an Apostle in 1 Cor. 9?

[3abdulmesii7]

@thekingdomcomedotcom If it's papalism that they were opposing, then why didn't they join the Eastern Orthodox?

[luckyjack1805]

@thekingdomcomedotcom Martin Luther wasn't even necessarily opposing the pope. It just turned out that way after Leo mocked him as the "drunken German who will amend his ways once he sobers up."

[Joybearer]

There is no greater sin than dividing the kingdom of God, There is no greater filth than spitting on the Church set up by Christ Himself. If you resent certain(deceased) government officials, do you attempt to nuke the entire nation? Listening to a crazed maniac and attacking Catholicism will not bring anyone closer to God.

[whirsch86]

I used this in a world history class for high school sophomores to help them remember key points about the reformation. Thanks for the fun video.

[ryanthecalvinist]

I am a Calvinist. (duh). LOVE this song!

[APSOC38]

No offense intended: this song sounds more folkish than anything else. I heard polka music as a kid (because my dad really got into it). I've never liked Polka music, but I know what it sounds like to know that this is not true Polka. Anyone of Polish ancestry should be able to confirm what I just said.

[flabbermebab]

legend video from LUTON!!!!

[LCMS343]

I'm an ex-catholic. I am in love with this song. I'm Protestant now and I'm so happy.

[BenAliGtor]

Thank God we HAD a Reformation. For all of its flaws, we'd be mired in the superstition of the Dark Ages had there never been a Luther.

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

@BenAliGtor -- Eh, it was in the works long before Luther. Wycliffe and Huss and others, but yeah, Luther became the posterboy :-)

[karpov89]

@BenAliGtor Reformation was good, but the outcome was not good; it was wrong to break up with the Church. There were so many misunderstands from both sides. As we say in Swedish: Det är inte den enes fel när två träter. When two are arguing, not just one of them is to blame.

[kingdaddie]

@BenAliGtor

hello benaligtr. what flaws of the reformation are you speaking of?  thank you

[johndeweb]

Very polky!

[canadarox14]

That was pretty awesome. I had this song stuck in my head during history class today, so came back to watch the video again. It makes me laugh, even though I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther. That would have taken serious guts back then.

[jesusfreakrkg]

I find it hilarious that as I write this, the video has 95 ratings! lol.

[conceil8]

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Remember Christians, the will of God is no Catholic, Protestant,Orthodox, Penticostal, Adventist, JW, Etc. NO DIVISION, Only Christians, holy, helping and sharing instead of buying and selling.

"That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." (John 17:9-21)

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[themom2717]

That all true believers in Christ may be one...not all religions. Christians are to expose false teachings, not share with & help their cause....

[videohoster]

That's correct, the "name" we call ourselves isn't important...

There is only one true Church and that is the one we call the Catholic Church. It is the only Church that believes what the Gospel truly teachings, what the apostles taught, what the early Church Fathers taught, what the Doctors taught and so on...it didn't just make it all up in the 500s like Mr. Luther!

[Rhuanjl]

@videohoster You really don't know what you're talking about...Try reading Augustine, from the 4th cntuary ad, on the core points of the gospel he and luther are in line.

[videohoster]

@Rhuanjl Indeed, and as the modern Lutheran Confession has accepted, they agree with the Catholic Church's definition of Justification. (Google, Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.

I agree Luther wasn't too far wrong, then again, he did decide to expel the letter of St. James from the Canon on his own authority...and he decided to insert the word "alone" into Romans...he was a little crazy actually...probably possessed.

[Rhuanjl]

@videohoster Firstly, sorry for the rude tone of my previous post, however, I would say that, the modern lutherans have erred. "if it is by faith then it is no longer by works" sola fide, straight from scripture. (Luther eventually repented of saying James didn't belong in the Bible.)

[videohoster]

@Rhuanjl I think you know that that is a very tentative way to justify doctrine, (pardon the pun.) Luther did repent, as I recall of the whole thing! Read "Not by Faith Alone" by Sugenis if you ever get a chance, oh and while you're at it. Come home! God Bless.

[Rhuanjl]

@videohoster "For what does the scripture say? 'Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness.' Now to the one who works his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungoldly his faith is counted as righteousness." (romans 4:3-5 ESV) Reading on further continues to reinforce the point.

[ecwlievtenant]

@videohoster

Yeah, St. Matthew writes in his gospel to tell us "Call no man Father" and what do you call your priests?

St. Paul tells us in Romans that we are saved by Faith, not works, and the Roman Church tells us there is a "treasury of merit" that can be dispensed to "save souls".

St. Mathew tells us to avoid "vain repetition" when praying, and you guys bring out the beads and mumbling.

Yeah, you guys are doing just fine.

[videohoster]

@ecwlievtenant So you don't call your GP doctor right? You don't called your Dad Father...or Dad I suppose...

St. Paul doesn't actually tell us that...ever...though St. James does say that faith without works is dead.

Yeah vain repetition...and you have decided that means any repetitive prayer? What time limit do you place on that? Does the prayer have to be repeated every ten seconds? Or what about just every day? Does saying the Our Father more than once a week count as vain repetition?

[ecwlievtenant]

@videohoster

Matthew is referring to a SPIRITUAL context - you call your father "dad" because he is your physical dad. Even so with father, and doctor, etc. You acknowledge one spiritual father, that is God - not a priest.

St. James is spot on - first comes faith, of which works are the fruit. Not the reverse.

What makes vain repetition? the apostles asked Jesus to teach them to pray, thus we are given the Lord's Prayer. In the garden, Jesus prayed three times That would be a good example.

[mrcheeseking]

Awesome song, thanks for posting.

[ivan99val]

Martin Luther got rid of one Pope and created 35,000 in His place....There are over 35,000 protestant churches in the world today (5 new denominations created in the world weekly) all thanks to our wonderful friend's ideas.

[falcom2012]

and thanks to your popes there are now orthodoxises for nearly every eastern european country. why dont you condem them. the Russian orthodox believes everyone even Satan will be rescued in the end but you mock us for believing in sola fide.

[ivan99val]

St. Athanasius, "Four Letters to Serapion of Thmuisc," c. 360 A.D.

"Let us note that the very tradition, teaching, and faith of the Catholic Church from the beginning, which the Lord gave, was preached by the Apostles, and was preserved by the Fathers. On this was the Church founded; and if anyone departs from this, he neither is nor any longer ought to be called a Christian."

[ivan99val]

Want more??? - St. Polycarp, "The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp," c. 135 A.D.

"The church of God that sojourns at Smyrna, to the church of God sojourning in Philomelium - and to all of the congregations of the holy and Catholic Church in every place."

[ivan99val]

and more??? - St. Ignatius of Antioch, "Epistle to the Smyrnaeans," c. 105 A.D.

"Wherever the bishop appears, let the congregation be there also. Just as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.

[ivan99val]

I got plenty....

St. Polycarp, "The Martyrdom Of St. Polycarp," c. 135 A.D.

"Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Savior of our souls, the Governor of our bodies, and the Shepherd of the Catholic Church throughout the world."

[ivan99val]

You cannot judge the entire Church for a few bad Popes, just like you cannot judge the Church for a few pedafiles that become Priest. That my friend is Satan working hard to bring down Christ's Church "The Catholic Church"

[therockfisher]

No, that is Satan working in THEM. Also, ivan, we do not go by early church fathers but by the bible alone. Some of these fathers were wrong about things. The pope is the antichrist. He is a great deceiver. "Forbidding to marry" as St. Paul writes.

[ivan99val]

You make me laugh....you don't even think what you are saying. Did you know some of these writings come from direct disciples of the Apostle John, like St. Ignatius of Antioch...Where does the Bible say is the sole rule of faith for Christians? 1 Timothy 3:15 - The Church is the pillar and foundation of the truth. Do you even know where and how the Bible was put together? You should be ashame of speaking about the RCC the way you all do.

[therockfisher]

Oh I know what I am saying alright. Read the last few verses of Revelation. We are not to add or take away from scripture. Also did Paul not say "if we or an angel preach any other gospel let him be accursed " ? I certainly DO know where and how the bible was put together. I doubt you do. I am not ashamed to speak of the RCC as I do - I am understating the case, if anything. You need enlightening, my friend.

[falcom2012]

you did not answer the question. why dont you go around damning them to hell? have you ever heard of the Great Schism?John 3:16 again "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that EVERYONE who BELIEVES in him may have eternal life

[therockfisher]

Where do you get this utter garbage from ? Even if it WAS true it is better than one big "church" full of heresy and unbiblical doctrines like purgatory and worshipping Mary.

[ivan99val]

I know FACTS and truth hurt. I also see how the Devil works in you too, with such pride and hate towards the Christ Church. Second, the doctrine of purgatory is Biblical and believed by the early church "Read Early Church Father". Last, Catholics DON'T worship Mary, we venerate her, NOT the same. Luke 1: 48 - From now on all generations will call me blessed" Capiche!!!!

[therockfisher]

ivan, you do not know what the truth is. You are brainwashed by the synagogue of Satan. But "by their fruits shall ye know them". The RC "church" massacred millions, tortured, persecuted etc. It's popes have all been wicked men (some worse than other of course ). I have no pride or hate towards the church of Christ, but that ain't the RC "church" for sure. Where is purgatory in the bible ? You bow to statues of Mary and see visions of her, you pray to her all the time. She is your goddess.

[ivan99val]

I tell you it is amazing the things that people thing about the RCC which are not true. You have a lot of misconceptions about the RCC. Why don't you read the Cathechism of the Catholic Church so that you see that what you are saying is totally wrong.

[therockfisher]

What is "not true" ?

I have read parts of the RC Catechism. Why don't you read the Shorter Catechism or the Westminster Confession of Faith ?

[ivan99val]

You know what talking to you is like talking to a wall....nothing goes through. You have an excuse for EVERYTHING, and then you have the guts so say that "I" am brainwashed....For people like you, all I have to say is "There is no Blinder Man than the one who refuses to see." Good luck to you with your few hundred years old reformation faith. God bless...

[therockfisher]

No, it is you who are like a wall, my friend. You are a sincere person I believe but misguided and biased. I hope that you come to the light as Luther did.

[ivan99val]

Martin Luther (16th Chapter - Commentary on St. John) "We are obligated to yield many things to the papists (The Catholics) that they posses the word of God which we received from them, otherwise we should have known nothing at all about it"

Who is the one that needs to come to the light?

[therockfisher]

Yes the papists did keep it preserved but they also added to it - which Luther did not accept. What is your point ? It is not the possessing of the word of God but the correct interpretation that matters. In this the papists were wrong as Luther showed.

[ivan99val]

The Catholic Church did not add nor take anything from the Bible...instead Martin Luther did. He added the word ALONE to James 2: 24 to his version of the Bible and even after he took it back out he referred to it as an Epistle of Straw, all because it did not fit his new theology.

[therockfisher]

Oh yes it did. It added plenty. Luther misunderstood the epistle of James. Later on he was clear about it.

[falcom2012]

i dont remember Jesus saying anything about Confirmation being a Sacrement or Marraige or Holy Orders or Final Rites. He gave us Baptism and Communion. the others are things the Catholic Church unrightfuly added. marriage was around long before Christ so therefore He did not give that to us. Holy Orders is something the Church made up to make priests feel special about themselves and Final Rites is not a sacrement its just blessing someone before they pass. now who has added and take away.

[karpov89]

I do not know what Lutheran church you are talking about; the only lutheran churches with apostolic succession (who can be considered as true churches) did not remove the mediating role of the clergy but had a slight different view of it. Luther's statement of the Pope as Antichrist was not a theological but political. Therefore what he writes must be considered in the historical context.

[sirbenedictus]

You know, the beat reminds me a lot of "Supercalifragilisticexpialodi­cious" from Mary Poppins.

[sirbenedictus]

I loved it! Now do one for Wesley. ;)

J/k...great job.

[karpov89]

I think this song is really cool. However, a true Lutheran is catholic in a broad sence, not protestant. Martin Luther did never call himself a protestant nor does I as a Lutheran. Lutherans believe in one, holy, apostolic and catholic church, and what Luther wanted was to reform the church from within, get rid of some misuses. And a lot of the critics was misunderstandings, for instance is the eucharist indeed a sacrifice, although we do not call the mass itself a sacrifice.

[spectersparten]

Catholic, in the apostles creed stands for Christian before the romans took that name, plus the Catholics (roman) had a lot of pagan rituals in them, like praying to dead saints and the mother mary and transubstantiation and roman catholocism has major differences when it comes to original sin when compared to Lutherans, that along with the getting rid of the apocrypha (roman catholic non bibllical text that the catholics held sacred)

We're not much like roman catholics.

[emlynpaul]

that is total bull (and I'm not talking about a Papal one!)

Initially Luther was a devout Catholic, and wanted reform, evident from the 95 Theses. There were no calls for a Reformation nor denials of Papal authority.

But by 1520 his position had changed, he saw the Catholic Church as false, and published tracts calling the Pope the anti-christ, denying the authority of the Pope, and denying Catholic doctrine of transtub. The Lutheran Church removed the mediating role of the clergy....

[PompousFlea]

Haha that was great! We watched this in my Bible class when we studied the Reformation. The class loved it, lol

[princessmello]

Isn't that Supercalifragilisticexpialidoc­ious? :)

[m4pistol]

greetings from a catholic

nice song

the pope with the bishops talked about going back to the bible last october

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

Good to hear -- I'd love to see more on that. Thanks

[m4pistol]

go and Google synod 2008 catholic for research

next time put a praise song about the goodness of Catholics reading the bible(even this song was a joke)!

[PatFactor]

THIS IS AMAZING!

[XanderDominitz]

Excellent work! Clever, intelligent lyrics...thanks for responding to our video.

[sparro555]

Hilarious! Very clever. :]

[teiphoon]

Sweet!!!

[zarnoffa]

You should know, the Roman bull of excommunication stated as one of its reasons for the excommunication was the Eastern Church's deletion of the word "filioque" from the original Nicene Creed. It is now common knowledge that the Eastern Church did not delete anything, it was the Western Church that added this word to the original Nicene Creed. It's historical fact: Rome innovated and Rome overstepped its authority - not to mention the Roman legates had no authority to excommunicate anyone.

[cromwellagain]

read yr Bible and take note of commentaries e.g. by William Barclay, very interesting and sensible and not fundamentalist at all

[cromwellagain]

no pope was a protestant. Transssubtantion existed as a doctrine which people believed in, from whenever people first believed it, but it never existed in actual factual reality. Hence/therefore: the Reformation.  Luther wasn't sure, but Zwingli was and he'e right

[hankpin]

Transubstanciation existed well before the Luther started the Reformation...

Of course, later on we see how some Protestants (e.g Anglicans ordaining gays, Jesus-is-alien church, People's Temple)became when they are free to screw up the doctrine however they like.

Greetings from a Catholic

[lutheranorthodoksi]

Makes me proud to be Lutheran.

Ecclesia Semper Reformanda Est!... But not too much. A good old Lutheran saying.

[Casey2570]

Protestant reformers were idiots. A divided christendom left catholics alone to fight the turks. Budapest was seized by Muslims for 200 yrs 50 years or so into the reformation. Unless you were brain dead on sept 11th, you should be able to see the value of that. Art work throughout germany was destroyed because the dingbats interpreted the bible literally and called it idolatry. The reformation was right up there with the Holocaust of stupid ideas out of Germany.

[MidwestMagnum]

Glad someone said it.

[LCMS343]

You're an idiot. I'm a Protestant and proud of it. People like you make me sick.

[greatwhiteman88]

next time you have a thought....just let it pass

[gatesofoak]

hope you've got over the last 500 years in the last 2 weeks, brother.

No woman would write like that.

People neede to read the bible for themselves at all. It's the 1890s and since Fundamentalist who take it literally.

Thank you for your comments on the Reformation.

Regards.

g

[JohnnyNW]

very Tom Lehrer-esque! Reminds me of the "Vatican Rag" LOL!

[jesusfreakrkg]

it's more like "the Reformation Drinking Song"... but i love it. :-)

[LCMS343]

I love it. I became a Lutheran last summer. I used to be Catholic. I am now an LCMS Lutheran and extremely proud of it. I love my new religion. Lutherans rule!

[coventrygardens]

to lcms343--- evidence shows that the lutherans existed not till 1500s. by contrast, the true christian church had to exist ever since the apostolic era. even if the catholic church is not the true christian church, it wouldn't change the fact that no protestant sect is old enough to be the true christian church.

[cromwellagain]

...and which "sect" dates from 33 AD before Paul started writing to people?

Regards,

cromwellagain

[zarnoffa]

Eastern Orthodoxy... the Pope was the first Protestant when Rome left the rest of the Orthodox Patriarchs in 1054 which solidified the sect of Rome as a brand new sect. So, technically, the Roman Catholic Church started in 1054 when it branched off of the Orthodox Catholic Church.

[Kat250tron]

this is amazing! and a fun way to learn protestant history. it reminds me of a cute poem I wrote and dedicated to a confirmation class at my (lutheran) church.

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

Hey Fugli, thanks again for great job you did on producing this song. It has been a great inspiration for many Christians to connect with their heritage. So many of us were taught that the Reformation was about chucking all of Christian tradition & instead we see now it was more about trying to get Christianity back to pre-Papal "ecumenicalism".

[Miabirdbrain23]

This is so creative! Loved it and I share it with everyone I know!!!!!

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

glad you enjoyed it -- Christianity has become so "ahistorical" that we sometimes forget that Christian history goes back further than they day our congregation incorporated.

[coventrygardens]

about 5 years ago, i switched from baptist to Catholic. i left the baptists when i saw that the Christian Church had to exist ever since the Apostolic era. no protestant or baptist or restorationist sect has been around that long. also, many protestants and baptists and restorationists claim that the Bible is the only source for Christian teaching. yet the Bible cannot be the only source for Christian teaching. one should focus on the fact that Christianity existed before the Bible did.

[brunanburh]

Maybe but the church before the bible looked nothing like the catholic church of today!

[coventrygardens]

correct----the church changed over the years. people come and go. new theology is added. the important thing is to have clergy on a line of ordinations stretching back to the 11 apostles whom christ ordained for the great commission.

[kd5tmu]

Actually, read about Justin Martyr's account of the Sunday celebrations. They look a lot like the Divine Liturgy as celebrated in Catholic and Orthodox Churches today. Unfortunately a renegade Rome decided to claim supremacy. But the Orthodox Church still exists as it has for 2000 years. Look it up, you'll like what you see.

[3rdconfederate]

The Catholic Church hijacked Christianity!!!

[coventrygardens]

is important to have clergy with ordinations stretching back to the 11 apostles whom christ sent on the great commission. these lines of ordination are important so that the clergyman can transform the bread into christ's flesh during the lord's supper. basically, i departed from the baptists because i got the feeling that their pastors can't transform the bread. i don't even think the baptist pastors are trying to transform the bread. baptists are reluctant to take christ's words literally.

[wwonka2]

Ignorance is rampant re: the real meaning of all faiths, esp the VERY man-made doctrinal structure of catholicism.Bottom line is how you live your life. Whether a supposed "apostolic line" is preserved since 20 A.D., or whether some dork in a robe can or can't "transform" bread is something YOU exploit to make YOU feel special--it's EGO talking, not spirit.Look at the message the Gospels POINT to, NOT the faces & places, and ancillary doctrines that have sprung up around them over the centuries.

[brunanburh]

The baptist pastors are not trying to change the bread into Christ's body- they believe it is a symbolic act to remember Christ and not literally true. Jesus also called himself a grapevine, door, shepard, temple etc. I don't think he literally meant he was any of those!

[coventrygardens]

to brunanburh the heretic. when christ said he was the vine or door or shepherd or temple, he didn't motion to a physical vine or door or shepherd or temple , and thus there was no physical vine or door or shepherd or temple that could have been transformed into christ's flesh. by contrast, in reference to the bread, christ went beyond saying that he was bread, and he went beyond saying that he was the bread of life. he motioned to a physical piece of bread, and identified it with his flesh.

[brunanburh]

I'm not sure where you get the authority to pronounce me a heretic! I just think that you need to look at verses around the eucharist and not one verse. Christ did identify the bread with his flesh, as you say, but John 6:63 says that it is the spirit that gives life, the flesh profits nothing!

[coventrygardens]

to brunanburh---- when christ said, "it is the spirit that gives life. the flesh profits nothing.", he must have meant that people should use their spiritual understanding, not their fleshly ( carnal ) understanding. he wanted people to think on a spiritual level. in that verse, christ couldn't have been referring to his own flesh when he said that the flesh profits nothing. obviously christ's flesh profits a great deal.

these considerations helped me switch from baptist to catholic.

[cromwellagain]

Hello.  You are worrying about the wring things. Since what date(s) did the Bible start tio exist? Since men started writing it and re-editing it.

Don't worry

Best wishes,

J

[rynesanders8]

In your face Tetzle!

[halbwagen]

How many of us are ready today to speak against the papal bulls and other wrong catholic doctrines today? How many are ready to face excommunication because the truth is truth? Will you start a reformation of the reformation as it has lost it's power due to merging with the world and adoption of it's customs? Stand up with your Bible and be brave like Luther once! Defend the holiness of God and His truth!

[alexvlk]

I enjoyed this thoroughly.  Bless you.

[azubazu]

Martin was a useless sinner like the rest of

us and God Used him!

i love Luther.

[azubazu]

I`m an Xcatholic.

I love this video

I like Martin Luther.

[cromwellagain]

fun with Lutheranism. great. Wartburg, good car, for its time. From Eisenach, birthplace of J.S. Bach. Yes, but where is Zwingli?

"Consubstantiation? I don't think so, Brother Martin. Bread is bread and wine is wine." But who is going to make the Zwingli animation? Now, there's a challenge

[kd5tmu]

Except that the Word of God makes things so. Even Baptists will agree with this when they deny the True Presence. Christ is BODILY present in the Eucharist. 2000 years of the Church agree.

[cromwellagain]

But where is Thomas Muentzer in all this? And of course, don't mention the Jews. Sorry, but I like good old Luther, in spite of all his faults.

[demjanek]

Ugh how much more boring and vile could you get than a whole village of german lutherans...i shudder to think...

[scherrz]

What are you talking about? Lutherans are fun. Except for maybe the ELCA.

[HistoryGeek4U]

I got my degree in history and being a history buff, I liked this little clip. It's so true, too.

[cromwellagain]

I got my degree in German, and I think it's good, too!

[googilbert]

I love the facts and fun! Thanks so much for the Lutheran fun (NOT an oxymoron!)

[brunanburh]

Great vid. Would love to show this in school as well but would lose my job! Politics....

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

oh come on, :-) What a better way to teach this history -- there is nothing untrue in the video

[brunanburh]

That's true, except that I don't teach history! It would be good for the kids though

[cromwellagain]

you're not wrong there

[Thornburg6]

That's great. I like it.

[willtrib]

s'great!

[Blaze25z]

That was cool.....

[Towly91]

yeah mine too.. it's great ^^

[Poca446]

this was soooooooo good my teacher showed to us!!!!!!!!

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

that's great. I'd love to know what school is showing these videos (either post it publicly or send me a private message) Glad you like it -- Thanks

[TarynnH]

Guess what tune is going to be stuck in my head for the next week. =)

[pastormajewski]

As a proud member of the Polish Nation; and as the current presiding Polish Pope of Manito(LCMS of course!) I'd like to show this to the Adult Bible class. Last week we watched "Luther" as part of our Reformation festival; now this - could really get 'em going! IMO outstanding! Did you hear what I said - outstanding!!!!!

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

By all means, share this 21st century catechism with the the good folks in Wittenberg :-) Long live the Hussites!

[JennyBeth17]

This is shameful and unChristian. Even if you don't believe in transubstantiation, as Christians you should not belittle the faith of others.

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

Please read the account of Elijah & the prophets of Baal - 1 Kings 18:21-40? See v27: "And so it was, at noon, that Elijah MOCKED them and said, 'Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.'"

May God be true & every man a liar (in comparison) Rom 3:4 - This "nicey-nice" form of Christianity is turning Christian faith into nothing but a mere "opinion" - THAT is really "shameful" & "belittling".

[marybgrace]

Can't you take a joke?

[jimster83]

Hmmm... You must be non denominational

[waltherchemnitz]

That would assume someone knows enough about a "faith" to actually mock it... This doesn't mock anything, it's just funny.

[lduke]

Speak your mind against them and face excommunication isn't mocking, it's historical fact.

[Pengeh171717]

my pastor will love this. =) happy reformation day eve eve!

[tedslater]

How can it be a polka when it's 4/4? Where's the oom-pah? :-)

Besides not being a true polka, it's great stuff! Let me join with what I'd anticipate thekingdomcomedotcom might say and wish everyone an early happy Reformation Day!

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

he-he, well if we're gonna get technical it wasn't really a "reformation" as much as it ended up being a "revolution" --

And yes indeed, happy early Reformation Day, it is good to recall where we came from.

[Pengeh171717]

that's funny. xD five stars. excellent music.

[thekingdomcomedotcom]

Thanks Pengeh, all glory to God.  I hope it gets more people interested in their Reformed Christian heritage.