Reformation…1977

This month, we remember the Reform­ation. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five thesis on the church door at Wittenberg. You all know much of the history of that event and those events which followed. We all know right away that the sale of indulgences was one of the issues; that a monk named Tetzal was selling them to enrich the coffers of Rome; that Luther was called by the Church and State in 1521 before the Diet of Worms to recant, and that there he said “Here I stand. I...