Late Medieval Background to the Reformation

First got into your amazing Tolkien and Lewis series (which I have rewatched so many times). And now I am attending a reformed church in the UK after going to a charismatic one my whole life, so I'm getting much more interested in the history of the protestant faith, and remembered your other playlists which I had previously neglected because I thought it was a boring subject. How wrong I was! :D Thanks for all of your incredible videos!!!!

Thank you for lighting a fire with your lectures!!!! It is refreshing, and I love this hunger for the history!

Thanks much for your lectures -- they're super helpful, well presented, entertaining.

Really enjoyed your work. Can't wait to watch them all. Thank you for taking the time to produce these.

Very good series of Videos. Thanks for your kindness to share them.

Good coverage of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. My own experience is that a valid Confession truly brings me together with God. The Penance is done in fully humility that salvation is a gift we reach to receive. I have recently read of a priest who would go to his spiritual advisor and confessor ( another priest) and think of some monumental penance that would give a sense of accomplishment - and be given a minor penance, purposefully, to bring the humility and thankfulness into focus. We should not believe we are earning our way out of guilt via the penance. It is a spiritual exercise. Luther appears to have suffered from scrupulosity - a persistent and irrational sense of guilt. To which the Sacrament of Reconciliation is the antidote, realizing salvation is a gift and the challenge is to receive and protect it gracefully. "His Gracis is sufficient for me." Accept the gift. Of course, the journey may not be free from sacrifice, even suffering.

Accurate history and excellent theology!

Great video series.

Great vocabulary. Pithy, well-articulated explanations. When, Dr. Reeves, are you writing another book? The lead up to the Reformation seems to be your topic. Don't wait too long!

One thing I see as a little under-reported here (in an otherwise excellent presentation of the Catholic system of salvation) is that an indulgence is not a "purchase-only" sort of ordeal- the most common indulgences involve prayer and works of service (with the former far outstripping the latter). Perhaps I am need of correction on this point, but I just thought this clarification was needed in light of your explanation.

You should have an entire segment on Vatican 2

Paying for penitence always gives me the vision of a Buggs bunny type rich guy from Daffy's Robinhood, paying a member of the clergy. Then some poor monk spending eternity praying for his unpentent sinning. I get that the church needs money, but I still never see it working for the faithful (and I use that term loosely).

Great series. I heard from a very nice Catholic lady  that commented on my last post and I'd like to continue the conversation with Paige Burns. So Paige, if you see this post, please reply to this so I can find you and we can talk. I've been praying to the Lord to send me a lady to talk to about our differences between Born Again Christians and Roman Catholics. Thanks, God bless.

Thanks man. I've recently started listening to your lectures and they are very entertaining, especially for someone who loves history, fantasy, etc... I've found that learning about history helps inspire storytelling. :)

This is top-shelf historiography. I appreciate the nuance and myth-dispelling here. From a Protestant perspective, not everything was an abysmal trainwreck prior to 1517. I'm curious whether you are familiar with the Richard Muller thesis about theological continuity between Medieval and Reformational catholicism? Also, out of curiosity, do you ever do public lectures?

Ryan Reeves for Pope!

My husband and I are enjoying these series Dr. Reeves! I was able to get that message to you on Twitter. I'm wondering why some people are mistaking you for a Romanist. I think you said in a thread that you attended RTS? Great place! I just wanted to post that I don't think you are teaching anything that is pro-Papist, but are being fair to Romanists when there is not a scandal going on. Although they are a false church, I don't believe everyone in Roman Catholicism is lost. If they believe in Justification through Faith Alone, by Grace Alone, in Christ Alone, then, the Bible says they are saved. I would hope though that after realizing that it is Christ alone who saves, they would leave their "church" and "come out of her".... Thank you Dr. Reeves for these excellent sessions!God bless you!

Here's Valla's book in Latin and English https://archive.org/details/cu31924029363706

Have you done a lecture on the myths of "The Inquisitions"?

i apologize in advance to the Western school system...what semester in college is this...I'm 30 and I knew the basis, the sauce so to say, of this lecture 15 years ago? The only part that I maybe didn't understand so well are the neuroses that drove Luther to put a nail in it.