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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. Today, churches across the nation ...

FAIRBANKS — This year is the 500th anniversary of Reformation. The original day is Oct. 31, 1517. Martin Luther (1483-1546), monk and teacher at Wittenberg University (in the country we ...

It was around two o'clock in the afternoon on the eve of the Day of All Saints, October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther, hammer in hand, approached the main north door of the Schlosskirche (Castle ...

500 Years Since 95 Theses, Martin Luther's Legacy Divides Some Of His Descendants Five centuries ago, Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation. The anniversary prompted a recent meeting of ...

Five hundred years ago, on Oct. 31, 1517, the small-town monk Martin Luther marched up to the castle church in Wittenberg and nailed his 95 Theses to the door, thus lighting the flame of the ...

Luther wrote in the 95 Theses (No. 12) "In times of yore, canonical penalties were imposed, not after, but before, absolution, as tests of true repentance and affliction." By the sale and issuance ...

On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted 95 Theses at the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. These theses were never debated following their posting, so they never gained much influence. Many ...

The symbol of the Protestant Reformation — Luther hammering his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on Oct. 31, 1517 — may not have happened.