“We are beggars. This is true.” - Martin Luther wrote this simple line before he died on February 18, 1546 at Eisleben, Germany. ”These last words of weakness echoed the life-changing truth [Luther] unearthed in the Scriptures: we don’t br...
When it comes to giving birth and taking care of babies, we would often surrender the responsibility to our wife because “it is their job”. I beg to disagree. Fathers, it is high time we get involved. I am not saying don’t go to wor...
By Indio Bravo: A Blog of a Filipino Historian on Nov 1, 2012 in:
Catholicism, Edict of Worms, Martin Luther, christianity, heretic, protestantism, reformation, vatican, world history, Catholic, excommunication, History, Reformation, luther, Reformation day, reformed, european history, religion
“Luther is now to be seen as a convicted heretic. He has twenty-one days from the fifteenth of April. After that, no one should give him shelter. His followers also are to be condemned, and his books will be erased from human memory.” - Edict of...
By Indio Bravo: A Blog of a Filipino Historian on Oct 31, 2012 in:
Christianity, European history, German history, church history, eureka, faith, gospel, history, justification, martin luther, primary source, reformation, reformation day, reformed, world history, Justification by faith
“…I hated the word ‘righteousness of God’ [in Rom. 1:17], which according to the use and custom of all the teachers, I had been taught to understand philosophically regarding the formal or active righteousness as they called it, with which Go...
By Indio Bravo: A Blog of a Filipino Historian on Oct 30, 2012 in:
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Happy Reformation Day! Celebrating the recovery of the Scriptures October 31, 1517, a day that would mark a new change in Christendom and Europe, and perhaps the whole world. For the events that transpired after that were catalysts in the formation...
By Indio Bravo: A Blog of a Filipino Historian on Oct 21, 2012 in:
reformation, reformation day, martin luther, pedro calungsod, philippines, historian, history, saint, sainthood, canonization, back to the source, ad fontes, protestantism, evangelicalism
Every real historian has to imbibe this very important principle: to refuse to rely on the interpretation of others and get to the real source ourselves. If need be, we would clear away the nuances brought about by a translation and study a new langu...
By Indio Bravo: A Blog of a Filipino Historian on Oct 22, 2012 in:
reformation, reformation day, martin luther, pedro calungsod, philippines, historian, history, saint, sainthood, canonization, back to the source, ad fontes, protestantism, evangelicalism
Every real historian has to imbibe this very important principle: to refuse to rely on the interpretation of others and get to the real source ourselves. If need be, we would clear away the nuances brought about by a translation and study a new langu...