6/12/2023 0 Comments Brad gregory rebel in the ranksHe reveals how Luther's insistence on the Bible as the sole authority for Christian truth led to conflicting interpretations of its meaning-and to the rise of competing churches, political conflicts, and social upheavals. Gregory analyzes Luther's inadvertent role in starting the Reformation and the epochal changes that followed. Yet his actions would profoundly shape our world in ways he could never have imagined. Luther did not intend to start a revolution that would divide the Catholic Church and forever change Western civilization. In Rebel in the Ranks, Brad Gregory, renowned professor of European history at Notre Dame, recasts this long-accepted portrait. On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation comes this compelling, illuminating, and expansive religious history that examines the complicated and unintended legacies of Martin Luther and the epochal movement that continues to shape the world today.įor five centuries, Martin Luther has been lionized as an outspoken and fearless icon of change who ended the Middle Ages and heralded the beginning of the modern world.
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