Reflection

(Lent)

"Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ...willed that the whole life of believers should be repentance.” ~Martin Luther; 1st of the "95 Theses"

     By tradition, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the Wittenberg church door on 31 October 1517.  As a priest, he was calling for a debate with the Roman Catholic church.  His reading of the Bible, particularly the Book of Romans, left him feeling that the Roman Catholic church was not taking simple repentance of the heart seriously.  He felt that the church was adding in all sorts of practices and philosophies that clouded the simple truths of repentance and forgiveness through Christ.

     Rather than simply sparking a debate, the whole Protestant movement was born.