My name is Martin. I am from Germany, though you cant call this place Germany yet because all the kings surrounding this place haven't yet decided to meet up and consolidate the area. This is a task for future kings and politicians. But I can tell you some things about my place. Its quiet out here. Nothing much to do except follow the silly instructions of my father, off course. He wants me to study law, you see. I hate him. Studying law and all is fine but do you not want to unravel the mysteries of the Universe? All these wonders of nature can't come from nothing. Why not devote your life to understand the great extraordinary force? But in my opinion my father is more powerful than the other father, God. And it is because of him that I am going to continue my studies. And so I have to go to Erfurt for now.
Erfurt is a strange place I tell you. You can drink and fuck as much as you like. Girls are beautiful out here and the wine is good. But do you think these are the only things a man wants? If you think so, you must come to this place and attend to all these pleasures. I have done it but its not what I want. There is some deep meaning to life and I am going to find out what it is, for sure. I have made some friends here and the life is good. Or is it? No, not everything is so simple. You indulge in your life, forgetting everything. But you can't forget Plague. When this Plague, this Black Death approaches, it leaves none. Its God's vengeance upon us mortals. He took away three of my friends but who is to blame? Its definitely me. Its my sins that my friends have paid for and I will have to repent for my sins. Forgive me my lord for I have sinned.
But you know what, life goes on. Not even Plague can break the spirit of a man. So I am going to my parents for a couple of days. You know, just to change the environment. Tonight I am going to leave for college. Weather is not good but its the risk one has to take, I guess. Travelling on my horse, I have come a bit far but now I think my decision to travel tonight was horrific. These clouds have been following me like a snake to bite me at the earliest chance they get. This rain and these lightnings can definitely shake one from the inside. I bow to you my lord, please save me from this storm I will serve you till my last days. Please lord. And the lord delivers. Its a miracle. Christ has spoken to me. I am going to be a priest for the rest of my life and spread is holy message.
Augustinian is a good order. We all brother live here and sacrifice as much as possible because there is no redemption without sacrifice. If you can't give your all and suffer as the sinner suffers, how can you expect the God to bestow you with his love and affection. He blesses those who are worthy of being blessed. God loves those who can give his all and repent for all his mistakes and sins. I have faith in my brothers who have achieved God's grace and I shall sacrifice till I get his warmth.
I have devoted my all being in the service of God for quiet some time now. All my brothers have achieved the lord's grace, why not me? Is there something wrong with me or am I doing it all wrong? I don't know the answer but doubt can achieve nothing. Faith in God is all one needs and I am going to increase my sacrifices. Last night I slept nude in the ice outside without having any food but is this pain anything compared to the pain that Christ suffered. No. But my friends love me too dearly to leave me out there. I don't blame them. Love and friendship are the most beautiful things in the world. One could go to any lengths to value them and they definitely should. But what about me? How am I ever going to get his love. This dilemma keeps me up at night and I would die if something is not done about it soon.
And the good news comes. I am going to Rome, the holy of holiest cities. Probably this is the place where I am going to get all my answers. But Rome isn't what I had in mind. I thought it would be a great intellectual, spiritual place where I can find peace. Priests aren't interested in mass. No one is serious about God and his message. Everyone is busy earning a penny or too. And among these profit seeker, business people my Pope is the worst. Does he have the slightest inkling of what he is doing? Does he seriously think that by earning money from the poor people who don't have enough even for themselves and whoring around with this money is going to take him any closer to God. God, Please have mercy on their souls. This is definitely not a place to find my answers.
University of Wittenberg is definitely an improvement over Rome. Here I can focus on my quest. But father has asked me to teach the students. What can I teach? I don't know enough myself. But if its his will, let it be. For the teaching purposes I am reading the Bible. I have read it in all versions and languages, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, everything. And now I think i know what the lord is trying to say to me. These Churches, priests, cardinals are fake. Pope is fake.The whole Roman Catholic Church is an institution that makes the mockery of God. They are demons in the face of angels. Man is his own salvation. He and only he can repent for the sin he has committed, repents for it and fixes his place in the heaven. No piece of a damned paper of indulgence is going to absolve him from his sins. You are your own church, you own priest and you can deliver your prayer to the God on your own. These silly bastards who are trying to rob you off your money by trying to frighten you in the name of God will have to answer for themselves. So, its time you get out of your slumber and defy these degenerates selling indulgences. I give you these 95 commandments, follow them and follow your heart to lead yourself to freedom.
But to say you the least, I am quiet astonished at the response I have got. I never thought it would be so popular among the people and even among the kings. This shows that you definitely had a problem with them but you didn't speak out. Never mind, I am going to speak for you. God have chosen me for this purpose. Church has declared me a Heretic but I question the sons of devil of their authority. I call upon the kings to stop this madness at once. In fact, they are themselves suffering from this menace of Church. This Roman Church taxes them to earn money and spend it on the lavishness of their priests and Popes. This is ludicrous. I expect they support me in denouncing this charge of Heresy and Excommunication from this farce called Church.
I want the people to understand that they have the power to become their own priests. No one dictates my religion to me for I have my scripture, Bible for that. I have given you the Bible in German to understand what it says. Many people call me an idealist, they call me a legend who changed their religion, their society, their economy and much more. Some call me a hypocrite who brought violence in their lives and society. May be I caused some violence, may be I was manipulative at times and may be everything I have done is evil but in my best decision it was necessary. I saw a problem and tried to solve it. Is this decision that bad. Tell me you weren't frustrated of the system. You can't. What I want you to understand is that it is okay to stand up for something even if no one is with you. You have to fight the highest authority and your society if you think you doing something right and worthy of your contribution. everything else remains in the hands of God.
Erfurt is a strange place I tell you. You can drink and fuck as much as you like. Girls are beautiful out here and the wine is good. But do you think these are the only things a man wants? If you think so, you must come to this place and attend to all these pleasures. I have done it but its not what I want. There is some deep meaning to life and I am going to find out what it is, for sure. I have made some friends here and the life is good. Or is it? No, not everything is so simple. You indulge in your life, forgetting everything. But you can't forget Plague. When this Plague, this Black Death approaches, it leaves none. Its God's vengeance upon us mortals. He took away three of my friends but who is to blame? Its definitely me. Its my sins that my friends have paid for and I will have to repent for my sins. Forgive me my lord for I have sinned.
But you know what, life goes on. Not even Plague can break the spirit of a man. So I am going to my parents for a couple of days. You know, just to change the environment. Tonight I am going to leave for college. Weather is not good but its the risk one has to take, I guess. Travelling on my horse, I have come a bit far but now I think my decision to travel tonight was horrific. These clouds have been following me like a snake to bite me at the earliest chance they get. This rain and these lightnings can definitely shake one from the inside. I bow to you my lord, please save me from this storm I will serve you till my last days. Please lord. And the lord delivers. Its a miracle. Christ has spoken to me. I am going to be a priest for the rest of my life and spread is holy message.
Augustinian is a good order. We all brother live here and sacrifice as much as possible because there is no redemption without sacrifice. If you can't give your all and suffer as the sinner suffers, how can you expect the God to bestow you with his love and affection. He blesses those who are worthy of being blessed. God loves those who can give his all and repent for all his mistakes and sins. I have faith in my brothers who have achieved God's grace and I shall sacrifice till I get his warmth.
I have devoted my all being in the service of God for quiet some time now. All my brothers have achieved the lord's grace, why not me? Is there something wrong with me or am I doing it all wrong? I don't know the answer but doubt can achieve nothing. Faith in God is all one needs and I am going to increase my sacrifices. Last night I slept nude in the ice outside without having any food but is this pain anything compared to the pain that Christ suffered. No. But my friends love me too dearly to leave me out there. I don't blame them. Love and friendship are the most beautiful things in the world. One could go to any lengths to value them and they definitely should. But what about me? How am I ever going to get his love. This dilemma keeps me up at night and I would die if something is not done about it soon.
And the good news comes. I am going to Rome, the holy of holiest cities. Probably this is the place where I am going to get all my answers. But Rome isn't what I had in mind. I thought it would be a great intellectual, spiritual place where I can find peace. Priests aren't interested in mass. No one is serious about God and his message. Everyone is busy earning a penny or too. And among these profit seeker, business people my Pope is the worst. Does he have the slightest inkling of what he is doing? Does he seriously think that by earning money from the poor people who don't have enough even for themselves and whoring around with this money is going to take him any closer to God. God, Please have mercy on their souls. This is definitely not a place to find my answers.
University of Wittenberg is definitely an improvement over Rome. Here I can focus on my quest. But father has asked me to teach the students. What can I teach? I don't know enough myself. But if its his will, let it be. For the teaching purposes I am reading the Bible. I have read it in all versions and languages, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, everything. And now I think i know what the lord is trying to say to me. These Churches, priests, cardinals are fake. Pope is fake.The whole Roman Catholic Church is an institution that makes the mockery of God. They are demons in the face of angels. Man is his own salvation. He and only he can repent for the sin he has committed, repents for it and fixes his place in the heaven. No piece of a damned paper of indulgence is going to absolve him from his sins. You are your own church, you own priest and you can deliver your prayer to the God on your own. These silly bastards who are trying to rob you off your money by trying to frighten you in the name of God will have to answer for themselves. So, its time you get out of your slumber and defy these degenerates selling indulgences. I give you these 95 commandments, follow them and follow your heart to lead yourself to freedom.
But to say you the least, I am quiet astonished at the response I have got. I never thought it would be so popular among the people and even among the kings. This shows that you definitely had a problem with them but you didn't speak out. Never mind, I am going to speak for you. God have chosen me for this purpose. Church has declared me a Heretic but I question the sons of devil of their authority. I call upon the kings to stop this madness at once. In fact, they are themselves suffering from this menace of Church. This Roman Church taxes them to earn money and spend it on the lavishness of their priests and Popes. This is ludicrous. I expect they support me in denouncing this charge of Heresy and Excommunication from this farce called Church.
I want the people to understand that they have the power to become their own priests. No one dictates my religion to me for I have my scripture, Bible for that. I have given you the Bible in German to understand what it says. Many people call me an idealist, they call me a legend who changed their religion, their society, their economy and much more. Some call me a hypocrite who brought violence in their lives and society. May be I caused some violence, may be I was manipulative at times and may be everything I have done is evil but in my best decision it was necessary. I saw a problem and tried to solve it. Is this decision that bad. Tell me you weren't frustrated of the system. You can't. What I want you to understand is that it is okay to stand up for something even if no one is with you. You have to fight the highest authority and your society if you think you doing something right and worthy of your contribution. everything else remains in the hands of God.
