Happy Reformation Day! The protestant reformation was started 498 years ago by Martin Luther.

Learn more: http://www.gotquestions.org/Reformation-Day.html

OLAADEGBU:
Happy Reformation Day! The protestant reformation was started 498 years ago by Martin Luther.

Learn more: http://www.gotquestions.org/Reformation-Day.html

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Reformation Day is a Protestant religious holiday celebrated on October 31. It recognizes the day German monk Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Church in 1517. This act is commemorated as the official starting point of the Protestant Reformation.

Officially, Reformation Day has been commemorated since 1567. Exact dates for the holiday varied until after the two hundredth celebration in 1717 when October 31 became the official date of celebration in Germany and later expanded internationally.

Within the Lutheran tradition, Reformation Day is considered a lesser holiday and is officially named “The Festival of the Reformation.” Most Lutheran churches (and others who celebrate this day) commemorate it on the Sunday prior to October 31.

The impact of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation has been enormous on global Christianity. In contrast to the extra-biblical traditions and works-based practices of Roman Catholicism, Luther called the Church back to the good news of salvation by grace alone through faith alone (Ephesians 2:8-9).

Luther believed the Word of God was the supreme authority for the Christian faith, rather than tradition or papal decrees. In the process of bringing the Scriptures to the common person, Luther translated the Bible into German, published numerous books and sermons of biblical teachings, and composed numerous hymns based on biblical themes. Many of his hymns are still sung today.

Luther was brought to trial before the church, and the court attempted to force him to recant. Luther’s response is often quoted: “I cannot choose but adhere to the Word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen.”

From Germany, the Protestant Reformation expanded through Europe, influencing the work of John Calvin in Geneva, Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich, and John Knox in Scotland. The Reformation Luther led also sparked the Anabaptist (free church) movement and the English Reformation. These movements, in turn, influenced the spread of Christianity to the Americas and throughout the world where European exploration took place. South Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand all felt the impact of Luther’s hammer in Wittenberg.

Robert Rothwell has noted, “Today, Luther’s legacy lives on in the creeds and confessions of Protestant bodies worldwide. As we consider his importance this Reformation Day, let us equip ourselves to be knowledgeable proclaimers and defenders of biblical truth. May we be eager to preach the Gospel of God to the world and thereby spark a new reformation of church and culture.”

Reformation Day remains a central rallying point for all of those who choose to follow Christ by faith according to His Word. The holiday commemorates the actions of a man who was willing to stand against the ideas of his day and to present God’s Word as our guide for salvation (John 3:16) and Christian living.

OLAADEGBU:


Happy Reformation Day! The protestant reformation was started 498 years ago by Martin Luther.

Learn more: http://www.gotquestions.org/Reformation-Day.html

It is now 500 years since the birth of the protestant church. Happy Reformation Day!

Have u guys even read the 95 theses?
Luther believed in purgatory

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Here is it , the 95 theses
They are mostly legitimate catholic beliefs

Dnaz:


Have u guys even read the 95 theses?
Luther believed in purgatory

Martin Luther was an Augustinian monk of the 16th century. Like many other contenders of the gospel both before his time and after, he was an imperfect man whom God chose to use in mighty ways.

OLAADEGBU:


Martin Luther was an Augustinian monk of the 16th century. Like many other contenders of the gospel both before his time and after, he was an imperfect man whom God chose to use in mighty ways.

Faith alone, scripture alone are not from Christ they are from Luther. So now u are honoring them , isn't that worship by your standards

Dnaz:


Faith alone, scripture alone are not from Christ they are from Luther. So now u are honoring them , isn't that worship by your standards

This Martin Luther of a guy doesn't just nail stuff to church doors but when he does stuff begins to happen.

OLAADEGBU:


This Martin Luther of a guy doesn't just nail stuff to church doors but when he does stuff begins to happen.

Yes when the devil opens the gates of hell, things begin to happen

Dnaz:

Faith alone, scripture alone are not from Christ they are from Luther. So now u are honoring them , isn't that worship by your standards

Are you serious? So what else should be added to Christ and Faith?

Dnaz:

Yes when the devil opens the gates of hell, things begin to happen

I seem to see only one devil's representative here who believes other than Faith in Christ, other things shd be added to Christianity.

Oga, abeg go house.

Emmanystone:

I seem to see only one devil's representative here who believes other than Faith in Christ, other things shd be added to Christianity.

Oga, abeg go house.

Council of Chalcedon
"After the reading of the foregoing epistle [The Tome of Leo], the most reverend bishops cried out: ‘This is the faith of the fathers! This is the faith of the apostles! So we all believe! Thus the orthodox believe! Anathema to him who does not thus believe! Peter has spoken thus through Leo! . . . This is the true faith! Those of us who are orthodox thus believe! This is the faith of the Fathers!’" (Acts of the Council, session 2 [A.D. 451])

Dnaz:


Yes when the devil opens the gates of hell, things begin to happen

The gates of hell cannot prevail against the true Church of God. It is a continuation of the Genesis 3 attack, the attack against the Word of God and it shall not prevail.

Dnaz:

Council of Chalcedon
"After the reading of the foregoing epistle [The Tome of Leo], the most reverend bishops cried out: ‘This is the faith of the fathers! This is the faith of the apostles! So we all believe! Thus the orthodox believe! Anathema to him who does not thus believe! Peter has spoken thus through Leo! . . . This is the true faith! Those of us who are orthodox thus believe! This is the faith of the Fathers!’" (Acts of the Council, session 2 [A.D. 451])

I thought you were about to say Acts of the Apostles.

Occult men sit down somewhere penning down errors, causing souls Jesus died for to worship demons that Christ cast out of people.

Reformation is a big deal.

Yes sir it is.....
The original meaning.