Son of Iniquity – Episode 4: Temporal Vs Spiritual

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01/05/17 • 11 min

Stuff What You Tell Me! || Rebellion and Resistance in History, Art and Culture

Luther lived in the state of the Saxony, within the Holy Roman Empire. The dominance of the Church pervaded through all aspects of the society, but within the framework of the spiritual domain. The temporal domain structure wielded rule in the physical world. These two power structures were interconnected and interdependent. In this episode we go a little into this complicated and somewhat ridiculous power complex. Ooooh yea.

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Son of Iniquity – Episode 3: Luther the Monk

Luther's solution to his over-bearing thoughtfulness about the world was to become a monk. What a radical! His time in the monastery would help shape many things that he would stand for and many things that he would stand against. In this episode, we go through Luther's transition and travel with him to Rome, where he will learn how monking is really done and climb some very special stairs. Say your pater nosters folks, it's about to get real.

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Son of Iniquity – Episode 5: The Second Resistance

Between the years 1510-1520 Luther lectured in Wittenberg on the Psalms, the books of Hebrews, Romans and Galatians. This would take him on a mad spiritual trip that would come to reconcile himself with God. Better than ayahuasca, faith alone is all that Martin wanted. In this episode we dabble in a bit of monkish mind magic, peering into this fan-dangled theology of Martin Luther.

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