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Beatrice Institute Podcast

Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague: Martin Luther on Social Distancing

Apr 21, 2020
50:38

Prof. Ryan McDermott reads the full text of a letter Martin Luther wrote during an outbreak of the bubonic plague in 1527. (Check out our interview with Pastor Eric Andrae for more on this letter!) Luther gives practical and pastoral advice on how Christians should conduct themselves in a time of plague. His recommendations are strikingly relevant now, even from a public health standpoint.

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