Reformation Day

October 31st is not Halloween--well, OK it is for most folks, but that is of little or no significance. October 31, 1517 years ago, a lone German monk of humble birth shook the foundations of the western world by posting on the church door at Wittenberg, Germany, a document called "The 95 Theses." This document was the opening shot of a revolution which ended up with the monolithic Roman Catholic Church suffering the loss of millions of people who answered the call of the Reformation: sola scriptura (the Bible alone), sola fide (faith alone), sola gratia (grace alone), and soli deo gloria (the Glory to God alone).