Opening the Door to Luther with Rick Steves

Join public television host, author and ELCA Lutheran Rick Steves as Mosaic takes you on a journey through Lutherland! Travel from Eisleben where Luther was born to the university town of Wittenberg where he taught and preached. After a pilgrimage south to the Vatican in Rome, the program follows the tumultuous events of the Reformation at Worms, Erfurt, Eisenach, Marburg and Augsburg.

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[WSRobinson]

What a man, what a documentary! It's so good to see a church providing information which is accurate and impartial. This resource is as useful to students as it is to Christians. More please!

[jonasbjarke]

I'm a proud, stoic Lutheran from North Dakota who is living in Bergen, Norway. I just went to Germany last week to visit some friends & got to visit Erfurt & see some locations in this video. Also drank some good Thuringian / German beer! :) Cheers to all Lutherans & God bless. "Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke & talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, recreate ourselves, even sin a little to spite the devil" - ML

[NixonisLord]

@jonasbjarke did you see any actual people in church during services? Or did they just coast by on what the government pays them from people's taxes like in the rest of Europe? If clergy want to get money, they should have to ask for it. And stop tax breaks. Separate state and church.

[NixonisLord]

Rick Steves is a parody of himself. Lutheranism is about as vibrant and exciting as processed cheese slices. European Lutheranism will probably be about 85% smaller by 2050; in Luther's hometown and in Wittenburg barely 4% of the population goes to church at all.

[LNER4771]

I am a member of Luther's church. My great-great-great grandfather had to leave Brandenburg because he was forced to become..a Calvinist of all things!

[TheDadrobb]

i lived in worms for many years, i stood in the spot where they kicked martin luther out of church

[TheDadrobb]

i lived in worms germany for many years i miss it and stood in the spot where martin luther was kicked out of church,

[butterbluemchen90]

i live near Eisenach

[DrRobert20]

Rick Rules!!!!!!!

[kadetsuna]

Great video. One mistake: Medieval people knew the world was round

[Teigen64]

I am watching this video on February 18th, the date of Luther's death. Nicely done, Mr. Steves, as I know from watching a number of your videos.