Hello I want you to do this assignment for me:
1. Please give a description of the the lecture. A. That is roughly what was covered overall from beginning to end. Try to give some of the emotional tone and subjective spiritual meaning for the lecture. B. What was the main message?
2. Name at least one revelation you took away from the lecture.
3. According to Dr. DeJonge, what are the various ways Luther is remembered?
I’ll include some notes I took in the lecture in addition to other students discussions and you can paraphrase.
Student 1 sample:
1. The lecture started of with Dr. DeJonge reading from a children’s book about the life of luther. This was a very humorous beginning to the whole lecture as he quoted, that scholars do not entirely agree upon the content. Throughout the entire lecture he focused on most of Luthers’ beginnings. He talked about how he became a monk, what bothered him during this time with the catholic church and how not everyone agreed with his beliefs. I personally enjoyed the part where he described that Luther’s translation of the bible was crucial for the German language. Considering that I am from there, I can totally agree upon this. I do not need to explain any further how popular Luther is in Germany, because DeJonge made a good remark by lecturing about how Luthers’ “Playmobil” figure was the most ever sold in Germany.
B: The main message I got out of the lecture, was that the young Martin Luther had very good intentions to change the Catholic church in a positive way. However, his understanding of scripture(the bible) and other topics were the reason that the protestant faith was formed.
2. I did not really learn a lot of new knowledge about Luther during this lecture, but only because I learned about his life my entire middle- and high school career. However, one thing which I did not know before the lecture is that Luther and Ulrich Zwingli did not agree upon most facts and had different views.
3. First of all he is remembered as the founder of many protestant denominations. He is also remembered as a very brave monk. Like already mentioned earlier he is remembered in Germany as one of the most influential people for the German language. The main concept which he came up with and should be remembered for is the concept of “Justification by faith”. He did not mention too much about the “Old Luther”, who is remembered mostly for his very radical anti semite texts.
Student 2 sample:
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