This year marks 507 years since German monk Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to a church door in the German city of Wittenberg, sparking the Protestant Reformation.

Luther was a Catholic professor who, in 1517, objected to the church’s practice of selling indulgences to help raise money to rebuild St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

As the story is told, on October 31, 1517, an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther socked the European church establishment in the kisser by defiantly nailing his “95 Theses” on indulgences to ...

Like a single flaming match dropped into the dry straw of a forest, Martin Luther’s 95 theses ignited a conflagration that engulfed all of Europe and continues to this day.

This week in 1517, Martin Luther crossed the religious Rubicon when he posted his 95 theses on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany. His action led to a schism in the Catholic Church and ...

E very schoolboy thinks he knows how the Reformation began: on Oct. 31, 1517, Augustinian Friar Martin Luther took hammer in hand and nailed his list of 95 angry theses on the door of the Castle ...

So begins Martin Luther’s 95 theses hung on the door of Wittenberg’s Castle Church on October 31, 1517. Within two months his Theses spread throughout Europe and grew into the Protestant ...

Dr. Martin Luther died at the age of 62 on Feb. 18, 1546. On Oct. 29, 1517, Luther started the Protestant Reformation when he nailed his ‘95 Theses’ to the front door of the Wittenberg Castle ...

No, not Halloween—Reformation Day, when Protestants remember Martin Luther’s courageous choice to post his 95 Theses critiquing the Catholic church and launching the Reformation.