reflection paper

Fred M Okemwa.
THST 624 Protestant Theological Heritage.
Reflection paper one.

I have read on the textbook the Christian thought the topics, the End of Era and the theology of Martin Luther. In the end of era I learned about the reasons as to why the early reformers protested from the Roman Catholic Church. Some of the reasons of their break away include the growth of nationalism, the declining of the Roman Catholic Authority, Mysticism and Nominalism.
In the theology of Martin Luther, it was interesting to discover how his spiritual life began to unfold. He entered the monastery at his early years desiring to make his relationship right with God. His life as a monk he was not still settled before there was longing that had not been satisfied. Bible issues such as Grace, Love, Sin and Justice were some of the issues that he wrestled with and still had not come to perfect understanding.
His beginning of the study of the book of psalms in an Christological way began to shed some glimmers of hope. The study of the book of Romans brought him to greater discovery on the doctrine of justification and not willing to hide his discovery, he wrote the ninety seven theses and he was willing to defend them. Issues that he began to wrestle with include indulgence, purgatory issues among others. His path of spiritual journey though tedious was perfect till his last day.
In the class lectures I have began to wrestle with issues such the Sanctuary it true meaning from the biblical perspective. On reformation the topic was clearly presented but on close examination the early reformers had tangible reasons in support of their breaking away from the Catholic Church. But how can we account for those movements in Adventism where people have started their own churches on grounds of ethnicity, leadership and the like do we call such movement’s reformation? On the hand between modernism and post modernism what is the Adventist position on the two lines of thought.