{"id":44,"date":"2012-01-23T21:50:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T03:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/?p=44"},"modified":"2015-11-11T22:50:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T04:50:10","slug":"luther-the-study-of-the-languages-and-the-reformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/2012\/01\/23\/luther-the-study-of-the-languages-and-the-reformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Luther, the Study of the Languages, and the Reformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I realize there has never been a great revelation of God&#8217;s Word unless God has first \u00a0prepared the way by the rise and flourishing of languages and learning, as though these were forerunners, a sort of [John] the Baptist. \u00a0Certainly I do not intend that young people should give up poetry and rhetoric. \u00a0I certainly wish there would be a tremendous number of poets and orators, since I realize that through these studies, as through \u00a0<strong>nothing<\/strong> else, people are wonderfully equipped for grasping the sacred truths, as well as for handling them skillfully and successfully.&#8221; \u00a0Martin Luther, &#8220;To Eobanus Hessus,&#8221; (March 29, 1523), Luther&#8217;s Works, vol. 49, p. 34. (Emphasis added)<\/p>\n<p>Luther&#8217;s words demonstrate his attitude toward the study of languages and the importance of an education well-grounded in the liberal arts for pastors. \u00a0In fact, he desired that all Christians receive some form of education. \u00a0However, he knew that a proper understanding of the biblical languages (Hebrew, Greek, Latin) had brought about what we now call the &#8220;Lutheran Reformation.&#8221; \u00a0Additionally, Luther emphasized the importance of the study of Greek and Roman poets and orators as the basis for eloquently expressing sacred truths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I realize there has never been a great revelation of God&#8217;s Word unless God has first \u00a0prepared the way by the rise and flourishing of languages and learning, as though these were forerunners, a sort of [John] the Baptist. \u00a0Certainly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/2012\/01\/23\/luther-the-study-of-the-languages-and-the-reformation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,27,1,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-grammar","category-martin-luther-history","category-renaissance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/1248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}