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Essay / What Martin Luther can teach us about conscience
The “95 Theses” were written in 1517 by a German cleric and professor of theology named Martin Luther. His fundamental ideas sparked an eventual separation from the Church and led to the Protestant Reformation. He designed the “95 Theses” to express his concern about corruption in the place of worship. His theses crucially called for a complete restructuring of the place of worship of Church members and challenged other scholars in conflict with him over the position activities of standard of worship. Luther distributed his “95 Theses” making it clear that he risked excommunication and even death for arguing about the culture and beliefs of the place of worship, the constitutive place of worship. This has been suggested as a heresy against God. In January 1521, Pope Leo When the Diet took place in April, Luther did not enter Worms as a carefree man. The first day he was so anxious that his words could barely be understood. Luther was right to be agitated, as he was expected to be banished from the country (or worse) if he did not renounce his beliefs. The interrogation was not short, but by the end Luther had gathered his courage, ending with these well-known words: “My conscience is captive to the word of God. therefore I will not retract or retract, because going against my conscience is neither forbidden nor beneficial. I can't do anything else, I'm standing here, God help me. Amen. » On May 26, 1521, the emperor delivered his conclusion. Luther was to be subjected to “a ban and a double ban.” The Edict of Worms ordered the men and women of the empire “not to take the aforementioned Mart...... middle of paper...... lie; my conscience bears witness to me in the Holy Spirit. a pure conscience. »• Hebrews 13:18 “Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clean conscience, willing to act honorably in all things. » Conscience was not the final judge and jury in matters of the heart, but it is one of the most important observers to be brought to the stand. Conscience – as the faculty within human beings that evaluates what is right and what is wrong – is meant to be, as the Puritans put it, “God’s spy and man’s watchman.” It is our prosecutor, who reports offenses and makes people guilty. And just as importantly, conscience is our defense attorney, helping us confront the false accusations and slanders of evil (Rom.. 2:14-15).