tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post1331095043795147456..comments2024-03-12T04:14:16.271-05:00Comments on The Rad Trad: New Series: After the ReformationThe Rad Tradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-89017132257364391582017-05-25T06:42:51.346-05:002017-05-25T06:42:51.346-05:00Praetorius, Scheidt and all others mentioned by Ru...Praetorius, Scheidt and all others mentioned by Rubricarius lived and worked after Luther's death, so he can't have meant them. However, it is well-known that Luther was very fond of Josquin Desprez whom he called “der noten meister”, the master of notes.<br /><br />Also Luther was a musician himself: he had been singing as a choir boy since an early age in the latin school, had studied music besides theology and was well-known as a lutenist. Based on this and his compositorial output (e.g. translations of Office hymns such as “Nun komm der Heiden Heiland”, Veni redemptor gentium) he must have thought about Gregorian Chant, Polyphony and the vernacular hymns in use in Germany at that time (e.g. my favorite Easter hymn “Christ ist erstanden”, which dates from the 12th century).Protasiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13513744611326784368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-20278238453910431552017-05-23T16:50:26.412-05:002017-05-23T16:50:26.412-05:00As to German music I would have thought the compos...As to German music I would have thought the compositions of Praetorius, Sheidt, Schulz, Telemann, Handel and JSB, to name but a few, would suggest there is some very uplifting pieces to be heard.Rubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-52646527669823218662017-05-21T21:30:02.915-05:002017-05-21T21:30:02.915-05:00Lutheranism destroyed church architecture in Germa...Lutheranism destroyed church architecture in Germany, which had not yet absorbed the classical styles reintroduced in Italy and where Gothic architecuture was creative and in high demand. Matthew Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00958673318312786618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-26912465455749298982017-05-21T13:39:30.130-05:002017-05-21T13:39:30.130-05:00Also anticipating this series. Recently, I've ...Also anticipating this series. Recently, I've been reading Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650 (Yale University Press 2016, 920pgs.) by Carlos M.N. Eire. It's been so far a pretty good read, though he shows his ignorance at times, saying, among other things, basically that by condemning Jensen (the originator of Jansenism) the Roman authorities were actually condemning St. Augustine, though they didn't do it officially. I haven't finished, but it doesn't whitewash any side, Protestant or Catholic.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395971347119256329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-30227223569872081302017-05-21T09:21:32.658-05:002017-05-21T09:21:32.658-05:00Excellent idea! I will anticipate it eagerly.
I ha...Excellent idea! I will anticipate it eagerly.<br />I have read sections of Msgr. Grisar's <i>Life of Luther</i> and the relevant sections in Abbe' Daniel-Rops' Church history, the latter of which seemed more insightful and sympathetic, in the sense that Daniel-Rops presented Luther more as a human being and less as the "monster of the Counter-Reformation." Grisar, though, is of course far more detailed and provides very interesting insights of his own (e.g., the truth behind the "tower event").Capreolushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07329413913112615954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-75788412894534364302017-05-21T09:02:51.280-05:002017-05-21T09:02:51.280-05:00Increasingly, Roman Catholic prelates have been pr...Increasingly, Roman Catholic prelates have been praising Luther and his putative virtues and so ABS is really looking forward to your series with positive anticipation which is in welcome contrast to the fear and loathing ABS experiences as he anticipates additional public praise for this gnostic nut by progressive prelates.<br /><br />When it comes to this gnostic nut, Luther ought be remembered for his summation of Justification:<br /><br /><i><b>I am ripe shit, and the world a gigantic asshole; then soon shall we part</b></i><br /><br /><i>Luther's Works, 34,184</i> quote discovered by lay apologist, David Armstrong, and cited in the second book of Dr. Taylor Marshall's Trilogy, <i>The Catholic Perspective on Paul.</i> <br /><br />The other two books are <i>The Crucified Rabbi</i> and <i>The Eternal City</i>Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.com