October 31, 1517, the day that changed history.
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Reformation DayOver 500 yrs ago, a German Monk, Martin Luther nailed his "95 Theses" to the Castle Church door in Wittenburg, Germany. It was a polite challenge to the church questioning the practice of selling "indulgences" to absolve sins and the idea that a person could earn their way into heaven.
"Out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it, the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and ordinary lecturer therein at Wittenberg, intends to defend the following statements and to dispute on them in that place. Therefore he asks that those who cannot be present and dispute with him orally shall do so in their absence by letter. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen." |