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Title: | Lutheran Reformation: Challenging the Sub-cultures of Catholicism |
Authors: | Kaushalya, N. |
Keywords: | Luther Medieval Church Catholic renewal Sub cultures Biblical message |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. |
Citation: | Kaushalya, N.(2017).Lutheran Reformation: Challenging the Sub-cultures of Catholicism .The 2nd International Conference on Christian Studies, The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.p 11. |
Abstract: | This paper focuses on Luther’s contribution towards the renewal of sub-cultures of the Catholic Church of the medieval times. These sub-cultures prompted a voracious desire for wealth, high taxation, the worship of relics, indulgences and superfluous popular pilgrimages. These also paved the way to a non-biblical culture in the church leading to a moral collapse. The biblical meaning was turned into temporal leanings and the church lost the liberative message of her master. Due to the evolution of these sub-cultures the ecclesiastical leadership became corrupt. Hence, Luther was no accident. He was timely and prophetic vis-a-vis the sub-cultural ethos of the era. He challenged the status quo culturally and structurally. He not only brought a new ideology to the prevailing society but also insisted upon opting for a renewal of the then theological culture, which would replace the then prevalent harmful sub-cultures. This renewal was brought about by introducing a new culture of Scripture and tradition and by insisting upon a collective conscience of the people. |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/17570 |
Appears in Collections: | ICCS-2017 |
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