This Day in History...

491 years ago, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of All Saints Church in Wittenburg, Germany, sparking the Protestant Reformation.

What I didn't know (before today):

• The Theses were originally written in Latin, to the scholars, but were translated by a nameless supporter who had them printd and distributed abroad.
• The All Saints Church, on which the 95 Theses were posted, contained one of the largest collections of relics in Europe. "By 1509 Frederick had over 5,000 relics, purportedly 'including vials of the milk of the Virgin Mary, straw from the manger [of Jesus], and the body of one of the innocents massacred by King Herod [1].'"
• The main focus of the Theses was the practice of indulgences, something Luther understood to terribly pervert the forgiveness we have in the cross.