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099: The Unintended Consequences of the Reformation (w/ Dr. Brad Gregory)

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Is Luther the First One to Emphasize the Importance of Prayer?

The idea that Luther is the first one to take personal prayer seriously, or interiority, or contemplation is just nonsense. There's a thousand-year tradition of monastic piety that Luther himself participates in. He comes out of a tradition, a long church tradition, of contemplative prayer. People really want to understand our information, really have to understand the Middle Ages and the history of Christianity prior to it.

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