ATTN: Concerning October 31 Just so everyone knows, this is the only holiday that Reformed folks celebrate on Oct 31 so please respect our right to our own celebrations and we will respect your right to have yours. Thank you, and have a nice day! explanation (if you require one): Reformation Day is a religious holiday celebrated on October 31 in remembrance of the Reformation, particularly by Lutheran and some Reformed church communities. It is a civic holiday in the German states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. In the United States churches often transfer the holiday, so that it falls on the Sunday (called Reformation Sunday) on or before October 31. On 31 October 1517, Martin Luther wrote to Albrecht, Archbishop of Mainz and Magdeburg, protesting against the sale of indulgences. He enclosed in his letter a copy of his Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, which came to be known as The 95 Theses. Hans Hillerbrand writes that Luther had no intention of confronting the church, but saw his disputation as a scholarly objection to church practices. Luther objected to a saying attributed to Johann Tetzel that As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory [also attested as into heaven] springs. He insisted that, since forgiveness was Gods alone to grant, those who claimed that indulgences absolved buyers from all punishments and granted them salvation were in error. Christians, he said, must not slacken in following Christ on account of such false assurances. According to Philipp Melanchthon, writing in 1546, Luther wrote theses on indulgences and posted them on the church of All Saints on 31 October 1517, an event now seen as sparking the Protestant Reformation.
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:46:43 +0000
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