Martin luther

Today I bring you a commemoration of a commemoration! ‘IN MEMORIAM SECUNDI IUBILAEI EVANGELICI ANNO SECULARI MDCCXVII DIE 31 OCT[obris] CELEBRATI SENAT[us] FRANCOFURTI F [ieri] F[ecit] I I F’ The text above is found inscribed on...

October 31. It isn’t just Halloween–a very odd candy holiday in which perfectly happy, normal people throw skeleton decorations in their front yards. I don’t mean to be the Halloween Scrooge, but Halloween gets on my nerves. I passed a house yesterday with three fake tomb stones in the front yard. On the stones, the family had written the names of their children (living children). Weird, ya’ll. I don’t care what holiday that is. It’s weird. As far as I’m [...]

Martin Luther

Here's the entire list of the 95 Theses that Martin Luther nailed to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, on October 31, 1517. This Date 1517 became the birth of the Protestant Reformation!

Lucas Cranach, portrait of Martin Luther, c.1520

Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.

Luther objected to this practice in sermons prior to 1517. Introduction The medieval indulgence was a writ offered

The life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the nation’s “drum major for justice,” will be celebrated in person, virtually and on television during the annual national holiday Monday, Jan. 17.