COLUMBIA — Before the calendar flips to November, many Protestants churches will celebrate Reformation Day. This festival day, traditionally observed on the last Sunday in October, commemorates the nailing of Martin Luther’s “95 Theses” to the door of a Roman Catholic Church in Wittenberg, Germany, on Oct. 31, 1517.
Belief in brief: Reformation Day
Friday, October 23, 2009 | 2:46 p.m. CDT;
updated 3:42 p.m. CDT, Friday, October 23, 2009
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