Source: Good News Network
501 years ago today, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door, initiating the Reformation. One of history’s most significant figures, the austere monk and scholar rocked the religious world when he penned a document attacking the Catholic Church’s corrupt practice of selling “indulgences” to absolve sin.
Although he was a terrible anti-semite, he encouraged literacy by writing in German, not Latin, and saying eloquently that no priest could stand between man and God–and believers should read the Bible themselves. made possible by his first-ever translation in the language of the day. WATCH an entertaining video to learn how it became a political movement that changed history… (1517)More Good News on this Date:
- Scottish physician and writer Arthur Conan Doyle published The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a detective modeled on Doyle’s former university teacher (1892)
- The Battle of Britain ended, and prevented a German invasion (1940)
- After 14 years of work, drilling was completed on Mount Rushmore (1941)
- Peter Jackson, who was given a super 8 camera by a family friend as a child, and later became the director of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, was born (1961)
- Roman Catholic and Lutheran church leaders signed a Doctrine of Justification, ending a centuries-old dispute over the nature of faith and salvation (1999)
- Soyuz TM-31 launched, carrying the first crew-in-residence to the International Space Station, which has been continuously crewed since…
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