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I believed the monk's cowl would make me holy
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Luther

Or five hundred years in Purgatory.

Luther 2003
Martin Luther:

[giving a lecture]
When I became a monk I believed the monk's cowl would make me holy. Was I an arrogant fool? Now they have made me a doctor of divinity and I am tempted to believe that this scholar's robe will make me wise. [laughter] Martin Luther:
Well, God once spoke through the mouth of an ass, and... [laughter] Martin Luther:
Perhaps he is about to do so again. But... [leaves his rostrum and starts walking around in the classroom. The students follow him very interested with their eyes] Martin Luther:
I will tell you straight what I think. Who here has been to Rome? [a student raises his hand] Martin Luther:
Did you buy an indulgence? Student:
No. Martin Luther:
I did. For a silver florin, I freed my grandfather from Purgatory. For twice that I could have sprung grandmother and uncle mothers too, but... [laughter] Martin Luther:
I didn't have the funds, so they had to stay in the hot place. As for myself, the priests assured me that by gazing at sacred relics, I could cut down my time in purgatory. Luckily for me, Rome has enough nails from the holy cross to shoe every horse in Saxony. [laughter] Martin Luther:
But there are relics elsewhere in Christendom. Eighteen out of twelve apostles are buried in Spain. [laughter] Martin Luther:
And yet here in Wittenberg we have the pick on the crown. Bread from the last supper, milk from the virgins breast, a thorn that pierced Christ's brow on calvery and nineteen thousand other bits of sacred bone. [laughter] Martin Luther:
All authentic, ancient, sacred relics. Even Johann Tetzel himself, inquisitor of Poland and Saxony, seller of indulgences extraordinary, connoisseur of relics, envies our collection. [laughter] Martin Luther:
To posses them for a single night he would willingly surrender five years of his earthly life... [laughter, returns to his rostrum] Martin Luther:
Or five hundred years in Purgatory. [laughter]

Full Transcript

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When I became a monk
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I believed the monk's cowl would make me holy
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Was I an arrogant fool
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Now they have made me a doctor of divinity
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and I'm tempted to believe that this scholar's robe
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will make me wise
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Well God once spoke through the mouth of an ass
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Perhaps he's about to do so again
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But I'll tell you straight what I think
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Who here has been to Rome
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Did you buy an indulgence
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No
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I did
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For a silver florin I freed my grandfather from Purgatory
Duration
48 seconds
Views
440
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:43
Uploaded
Nov 21, 2022
Production
NFP Teleart Berlin,Eikon Film,Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

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Movie Summary

During the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

Actors

Joseph Fiennes
Martin Luther
Florian Panzner
Student