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How's the server doing currently? Any special events?

Not that I know of

Huh, well, anyone want to discuss a topic then?

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Or is in contact with the owner

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who in here is into theology?

me

good,now i want your opinion on a book i read,do you think theology separated christianity into other religious groups?

Theology didn’t have much part in it as it was a political move to divide up the churches

but do you think it created other religions?

In what context? 🤔

Lutheranism and Protestantism?

yes

Lutheranism spread because of the decadence of the Catholic church

I doubt the average peasant would’ve cared if its purely about theology

It impacted the ideas behind some of the churches

But beyond that, most of the followers came because of incompetence within the church

@lordeguilherme I'm into theology

Orthodox theology specifically

But I'm into Christian theology

Also theology did in fact have an effect on the Protestant reformation

It's wrong to say it was just political

Its not all political lol, but most nobles sided with the church due to their lack of influence in their politics

Martin Luther came up with the idea of "Sola Fide" and "Sola Scriptura." Sola Fide basically means salvation by faith alone. Sola Scriptura denies the veneration of saints and says the word of Christ only comes from the Bible

The average peasant wasnt converted because of deep theological debate

Yes but Luther did come up with new theological ideas

I would say they were more reformed in a sense, since the original church had followed closely to what he was trying to create with his new branch

woah

Theology?

I’m into Buddhist Theology if that’s cool

Lol no Luther made up shit

Lutheranism spread because of the Hundred Years' War resulting in some secularism, and also because the Church didn't realize the damage it'd do to society so they were too scared to execute him before he caused any trouble:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War

Luther came up with sola scriptura, but sola fide is a Calvinist thing. Calvinism does derive from Lutheranism though.

Protestants didn't reform anything, they actively made up their own doctrine and broke off from the Catholics. And if you look at Luther's own writings, you can see that the idea that the Lutherans were protesting corruption in the Church is one that was made up long after his time, because he wasn't complaining about any of that (because the Church wasn't actually corrupt). Luther's complaint was that he didn't believe in free will.

What?

The 100 years war involved France, Burgundy, Iberia, and England

Never any parts of Protestantism

Those were the states involved in the war itself, but it affected the rest of Christendom as well.

How?