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Ep. 2: Martin Luther's Youth and his "Anfechtungen"
When Martin Luther joined the Augustinian Order in 1505, he embarked on a 15 year long spiritual journey that changed the World....
In this episode we will look at the first 35 years of Martin Luther’s life, from his birth in 1483 to a moment sometime between 1512 and 1519 when he achieved his great theological breakthrough. This is a crucial period in the history of the Reformation, a time when Luther struggled with what he called his “Anfechtungen”. Anfechtungen is one of these untranslatable German words like Schadenfreude and Gemütlichkeit. It is something more than a trial or…
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