Lael ArringtonStart November by Giving Thanks for the Reformation at 500 Years – Lael Arrington https://laelarrington.com Faith and Culture: Live Wisely Love Well Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:15:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 73081510 Start November by Giving Thanks for the Reformation at 500 Years https://laelarrington.com/2017/11/start-november-by-giving-thanks-for-the-reformation-at-500-years/ https://laelarrington.com/2017/11/start-november-by-giving-thanks-for-the-reformation-at-500-years/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2017 11:50:15 +0000 admin http://laelarrington.com/?p=4978 What does the first post to go viral mean to us and what do we take for granted?

Suppose you wanted to know God and follow him. How might you get to know him? Where would you begin? Maybe you’d like to read what he said…500 years ago your only option would have been a Latin Bible.

Maybe you’d like to go to church…500 years ago your only option would have been a Latin mass.

You could pray…but suppose you felt unworthy. You wanted to come before God but felt you needed to begin by confessing your sin to him. You would need to confess to a priest. Rather than merely listening to your confession, by the 1500’s confessors had been taught to quiz church members–asking them the details of their sin, especially sexual sin with others. Or alone.

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