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MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY PROF. M. M. NINAN possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need. 46With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,… Acts 4: 32 Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. 33 And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. 34 There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold 35 and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need. He was a speaker of fire and brimstone of coming of the new age of these egalitarian world with emphasis on signs and wonders confirming his words. Omnia sunt communia, ‘All property should be held in common’ and should be distributed to each according to his needs, as the occasion required. Any prince, count, or lord who did not want to do this, after first being warned about it, should be beheaded or hanged. Revelation and Revolution: Basic Writings of Thomas Müntzer (1993) The people will be free and God alone will be their Lord. Letter to the Princes as cited in The German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods, p. 109 The stinking puddle from which usury, thievery and robbery arises is our lords and princes. They make all creatures their property—the fish in the water, the birds in the air, the plant in the earth must all be theirs. Then they proclaim God's commandments among the poor and say, "You shall not steal." They oppress everyone, the poor peasant, the craftsman are skinned and scraped. Letter to the Princes, as cited in Transforming Faith Communities: A Comparative Study of Radical Christianity, p. 173 A German Church Office, composed in order to raise the treacherous cover under which the light of the world was concealed, and which now shines forth with these hymns and godly psalms to instruct and build up Christianity in accordance with God's unalterable will and bring about the downfall of the lavish mimicry of the Godless. This was a complete and fully translated liturgy, one that Müntzer had been developing since at least Easter of 1523. He then went on to develop the German Evangelical Communion Liturgy in 1524. ”It can no longer be tolerated, we ascribe some power to the Latin words, as if they were magical spells, and let the poor people go out of the church more ignorant than when they came in... That is why I have translated the psalms into a German style and form, rather according to their meaning than the actual words, but still adhering to the steadfast teaching of the holy spirit.” German Church Liturgy developed by Muntzer (1523) 66
MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY PROF. M. M. NINAN The German Peasant Revolt areas The Statue of Paster Muntzer in Muhlhausen who led the revolt. The Rebellion of Peasants and This rebellion lasted from 1524 to 1525 in German-speaking domains of the Holy Roman Empire. Weapons of the peasants 67
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