tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490093897793119696.post1323721475804434992..comments2023-04-01T01:50:01.261-06:00Comments on eRenaissance: Religious Reform: Also Known as Literacy's BirthGideon Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08282494104976426309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490093897793119696.post-36056786021575441412015-09-16T11:02:50.574-06:002015-09-16T11:02:50.574-06:00I think that a lot of that had to do with simply t...I think that a lot of that had to do with simply the availability of printed materials from the printing press, namely religious tracts and texts. Since they had already heard the preachings of the Bible their whole lives, it was easier for them to learn to read them in the Bible. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045639674129873103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490093897793119696.post-89195635617671786272015-09-16T10:24:00.903-06:002015-09-16T10:24:00.903-06:00There was a section in our reading describing the ...There was a section in our reading describing the churches reasoning behind keeping the bible exclusive to the religiously educated. They were afraid of misinterpretation and heresy. There is validity to this thought process. I mean, why do we go to seminary and sunday school? To get the necessary tools to understand the text. The slow growth of education might have played a role in the slow growth of personal Bible study. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01380486972592426283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490093897793119696.post-17656617320902063152015-09-16T10:18:47.690-06:002015-09-16T10:18:47.690-06:00I was thinking about literacy, too. When and where...I was thinking about literacy, too. When and where and how did people learn? At what point did we go from the illiteracy of the Middle Ages to reading being more of a common thing? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13409720320361352844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490093897793119696.post-84317130856754845272015-09-16T00:18:26.624-06:002015-09-16T00:18:26.624-06:00It's amazing that the eventual acceptance of p...It's amazing that the eventual acceptance of personal Bible study had a greater effect on the world than most of everything else that happened in the Restoration, yet it was one of the slowest-moving aspects of the movement. Why did it take people so long to fight for the opportunity to read? Such an interesting part of history.Nicole Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15076917560664888346noreply@blogger.com