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Day Off Week 27 2020
10 Continental Reformed Pastors/Theologians who lived in England
1. Martin Bucer, German Reformer 1491-1551 (1549-1551)
2. Peter Martyr Vermigli, Italian Reformer 1499-1562 (1547-1553)
3. John Laski, Polish Reformer 1499-1560 (1550-1556)
4. Paul Fagius, German Hebraist 1504-1549 (1549)
5. Valerand Poullain, French Calvinist minister 1509?-1557 (1547-1553)
6. Immanuel Tremellius, Italian Jewish Hebraist 1510-1580 (1547-1553)
7. Francisco de Enzinas, Spanish scholar and apologist 1518?-1552 (1548, 1549)
8. Casiodoro de Reina, Spanish Lutheran Theologian 1520-1594 (1533-1563)
9. Robert La Fontaine, French Calvinist minister 1535-1611 1572-1611
10. Pierre Alexandre, French Calvinist minister Dates unknown (1548-1553, 1559-1563)
2. Peter Martyr Vermigli, Italian Reformer 1499-1562 (1547-1553)
3. John Laski, Polish Reformer 1499-1560 (1550-1556)
4. Paul Fagius, German Hebraist 1504-1549 (1549)
5. Valerand Poullain, French Calvinist minister 1509?-1557 (1547-1553)
6. Immanuel Tremellius, Italian Jewish Hebraist 1510-1580 (1547-1553)
7. Francisco de Enzinas, Spanish scholar and apologist 1518?-1552 (1548, 1549)
8. Casiodoro de Reina, Spanish Lutheran Theologian 1520-1594 (1533-1563)
9. Robert La Fontaine, French Calvinist minister 1535-1611 1572-1611
10. Pierre Alexandre, French Calvinist minister Dates unknown (1548-1553, 1559-1563)
Macbeth at the Globe
Grabbed what was almost the last chance to see Macbeth at The Globe. This was a bog standard Globe production (excellent leads, less sure minor parts) but the play is so powerful in and of itself it didn't need much help. It's the play I know best and for much of it I was mouthing along with the actors. My one lacunae is the important scene between Malcolm and MacDuff before the final denouement. The play and its scenes are endlessly interesting and having read the programme beforehand I picked up on the bird references and the exploration of a marriage that the play includes. Shakespeare's skills with words and in presenting characters with real depth is phenomenal. I felt like I knew Macbeth better than ever. There seemed to be a lot of German young people among the groundlings, some were a little chatty but not so as to spoil the evening. What I was more ambivalent about was the crowd's eagerness to laugh. The porter scene is the only funny one in it although some lines were delivered to comic effect. Probably just me. I noticed that the funniest line in the play (when MacDuff's son says Mother he has killed me) was quietly dropped. So great stuff again at the Globe.
Paris witness
Apart from the statue of Coligny the only other sign of any life I saw in Paris was this German gentleman hoding up texts to be seen by passing traffic. I am not sure that this is the most effective approach but it heartened me to see someone doing something.
Grace Assembly 2010 02
It was a privilege to hear in the second session Gerhard Roth from Wetzlar, near Frankfurt, in Germany. He spoke of the darkness of Germany where just 2 million of the 85 million are Protestant (Lutheran or Reformed). Most of these would be nominal. There are also a million or so independent Christians, the Baptist Union being the largest group. Johan Oncken was the original founder of the Reformed Baptists in the early 19th century. There were close connections between Spurgeon and Oncken. The Oncken Verlag published many Spurgeon sermons in German. The BU, however, soon moved from its good origins and today is not Reformed and liberal in many cases.
More recently there has been a small movement towards Reformed Baptist theology. A few people in different places in Germany came across Reformed books such as the Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain Murray translated into German. Bowdlerised versions of Spurgeon also raised questions for people. Jorg Muller's Warburg Verlag also began alongside the Fiel Verlag.
In 1995 a church was formed - probably the first RB church in Germany in many, many a year. The church sought help from other RB churches but made little progress until a church in Northern Ireland lent a hand. Still the church had no pastor and eventually there was a sad split. However, in 2009 a small church formed in Wetzlar (and also in Biskirchen). Two other churches also formed (in Waldenbuch and Heilbron) soon after and there are now 5 or 6 of them (Neunstadt is another).
There is also work in Denmark (refugees because they are home schoolers - home schooling is illegal in Germany), near Munich and now in West Berlin. Since 2005 there have been camps for young people involving people also from France and Switzerland. Martin Holdt did consider coming as a missionary but eventually declined but two others have gone to Germany (including former LTS student Andre Bay). Germany that once sent out missionaries to Africa is now receiving missionaries from Africa.
We were urged to pray for the many young people. He confessed the danger of Shibboleths and the need of love. He also spoke of the danger of emigration under pressure. He explained the freedom that they have but there is a problem of an increasingly anti-Christian climate of the atheistic and superstitious sorts. Because the schools are so bad many Christians are keen to home school. However, Germany is the one country in Europe where state schooling is compulsory (it has been the case since 1938! - significant year) and there can be many difficulties. The German law is actually anti-constitutional. He drew attention to the story of the Romeikes who have found asylum in the USA - see here. Also see here.
At the end Daniel Webber of EMF also spoke about Jorg and Heike Muller.
Links
Wetzlar RBC
Heilbron Fellowship
Biskirchen
Also Hanover and Celle
More recently there has been a small movement towards Reformed Baptist theology. A few people in different places in Germany came across Reformed books such as the Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain Murray translated into German. Bowdlerised versions of Spurgeon also raised questions for people. Jorg Muller's Warburg Verlag also began alongside the Fiel Verlag.
In 1995 a church was formed - probably the first RB church in Germany in many, many a year. The church sought help from other RB churches but made little progress until a church in Northern Ireland lent a hand. Still the church had no pastor and eventually there was a sad split. However, in 2009 a small church formed in Wetzlar (and also in Biskirchen). Two other churches also formed (in Waldenbuch and Heilbron) soon after and there are now 5 or 6 of them (Neunstadt is another).
There is also work in Denmark (refugees because they are home schoolers - home schooling is illegal in Germany), near Munich and now in West Berlin. Since 2005 there have been camps for young people involving people also from France and Switzerland. Martin Holdt did consider coming as a missionary but eventually declined but two others have gone to Germany (including former LTS student Andre Bay). Germany that once sent out missionaries to Africa is now receiving missionaries from Africa.
We were urged to pray for the many young people. He confessed the danger of Shibboleths and the need of love. He also spoke of the danger of emigration under pressure. He explained the freedom that they have but there is a problem of an increasingly anti-Christian climate of the atheistic and superstitious sorts. Because the schools are so bad many Christians are keen to home school. However, Germany is the one country in Europe where state schooling is compulsory (it has been the case since 1938! - significant year) and there can be many difficulties. The German law is actually anti-constitutional. He drew attention to the story of the Romeikes who have found asylum in the USA - see here. Also see here.
At the end Daniel Webber of EMF also spoke about Jorg and Heike Muller.
Links
Wetzlar RBC
Heilbron Fellowship
Biskirchen
Also Hanover and Celle
10 German words we know
1. Angst - Fear - in English, a neurotic feeling of anxiety and depression
2. Delicatessen - Prepared cooked meats, relishes, cheeses, etc.; a shop selling such foods
3. Doppelganger - Double goer - a ghostly double, look-alike, or clone of a person
4. Ersatz - A replacement or substitute, usually implying inferiority to the original, such as "ersatz coffee”
5. Glitz - Glittering, sparkling - gaudiness, glittery, ostentatious
6. Hinterland - Back country - remote area; land bordering on coastal land (also used as a trope)
7. Kindergarten - Children's garden - The first kindergarten was created in Blankenberg (Thüringen) by Friedrich Fröbel (1782-1852) in 1839
8. Poltergeist - a ghost that makes mysterious noises, from poltern, to make noise
9. Rucksack - Back pack
10. Zeitgeist - Spirit of the age/times
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