It was 500 years ago this day that a German theologian named Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg cathedral. This event kicked off the process that opened the Scriptures to the faithful of the church, and the preaching of the Gospel to Europe. The Bible, the cornerstone of the faith, which had previously been kept from the people, a light hidden under a bushel (Matt 5:15) was made available to all. From this light was revealed the truth that the Christian was not what he was because of what he had done for the faith, but by the state of his soul – what the Lord had done for him.

The time of this great Reformation was the time of the West’s greatest cultural generativity, and that was true on the spiritual plane as well, indeed especially there.

Sola Scriptura!
Sola Fide!
Sola Gratia!
Solo Christo!
Soli Deo Gloria!