Martin Luther Tacks Ninety-Five Theses to The Church Door

The most important figure of the Reformation was a monk by the name of Martin Luther (1483-1546). As a young monk, the corruption of the church, the debauchery of priests, and the power of the Pope disturbed, disgusted, and depressed him. The dramatic turning-point of Luther’s life occurred when he was sitting alone in his study at Wittenberg. His eyes fell on a passage from the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans. It says: “the just shall live by his faith.” He couldn’t keep to himself the simplicity of God’s path of salvation. That discovery changed the course of the church, the course of Western civilization, and the course of history. So, on October 31, 1517 Luther nailed his famous “Ninety-five Theses” onto the door of the castle church at Wittenberg, that resulted in his excommunication from the church, the start of the Reformation, and the division between the Protestant and the Catholic church. (Sermon Central).