Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Reformation 500 - Faith and Freedom Tour

And, here is the second part of my posts about the Reformation 500. During the celebration, they had a whole bunch of mini Faith and Freedom tours. We only managed to take one, but that one was a really good tour. We went and saw the Old North Church, (We've seen the Old North Church before, but we mainly wanted to go on this tour just to see Copp's Hill.) then trudged up the road to Copp's Hill. It was so amazing to look at all the gravestones, and to just remind ourselves of our Christian heritage. Here's a quote from John Adams:

"After Martin Luther had introduced into Germany the liberty of thinking in matters of religion, and erected the standard of reformation, John Calvin, a native of Noyon, in Picardie, of a vast genius, singular eloquence, various erudition, and polished taste, embraced the cause of reformation. In the books which he published, and in the discourses which he held in the several cities of France, he proposed one hundred and twenty-eight articles in opposition to the creed of the Roman Catholic church. These opinions were soon embraced with ardor, and maintained with obstinacy, by a great number of persons of all conditions. The asylum and the centre of this new sect was Geneva, a city situated on the lake ancient, called Lemanus, on the frontiers of Savoy, which had shaken off the yoke of its bishop and the Duke of Savoy, and erected itself into a republic, under the title of a free city, for the sake of liberty of conscience.

Let not Geneva be forgotten or despised. Religious liberty owes it much respect."


Mr. Serven-Our tour guide


Mrs. Serven

Daddy, by the Mather Tomb


At Copp's Hill, remembering those that came before us...



The green the rain brought...

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Great Pictures Bekah!!