Luther 500:  An t-Stri Spioradail/The Battle for Souls

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Luther 500: An Strì Spioradail

31/10/2017

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The impact of Martin Luther and his ideas on the Gaelic-speaking peoples.

Documentary in which Alex O'Henley examines the impact of Martin Luther and his ideas on the Gaelic-speaking peoples.

Còig ceud bliadhna air ais thug Martin Luther crathadh air an t-saoghal Chrìostail. Sheas e an aghaidh ana-caitheamh na h-Eaglaise Chaitligich nuair a chroch e na 95 puingean-deasbaid aige ri doras na h-eaglaise ionadail ann an Wittenberg. Dh'adhbhraich na 95 puingean-deasbaid aimhreit fhòirneartach thar na Roinn Eòrpa is thàinig an creideimh Pròstanach gu bith. Mar chomharrachadh air 500 bliadhna bho Àm an Ath-Leasachaidh, tha Ailig O'Henley a' cur a' phrosbaig air a' bhuaidh bha aig Martin Luther air na Gaidheil ann an Èirinn is Alba.

Air turas iongantach thar na Roinn Eòrpa, na h-Eileanan an Iar agus a dh'Èirinn, bidh Ailig a' faighinn barrachd tuigse air ciamar an dh'fhuirich Èirinn dlùth ris a' chreideamh Chaitligeach is gun do dh'atharraich a' mhòr-chuid de dh'Albannaich gu bhith nam Pròstanaich. Bidh sinn a' faicinn gu bheil an dìleab aig Martin Luther fhathast a' bualadh air an t-saoghal Ghàidhealach.

In October 1517, Martin Luther started a revolution. In a protest against the extravagance of the Catholic Church, the little-known German friar pinned a controversial document - The 95 theses - on a church door and caused a sensation. The event led to major religious and political upheavals across Europe as Protestantism was born.

To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Alex O'Henley examines the impact of Martin Luther and his ideas on the Gaelic-speaking peoples. In a journey that takes him from Rome, Germany and Geneva to the Outer Hebrides and across the island of Ireland, Alex uncovers why the Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland became, to a large extent, Protestant while most of Ireland remained Catholic. He shows how Luther's legacy still looms large over the Gaelic world.

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