His name was Martin Luther and after October 31st 1517 everyone would come to know who he is.

Well welcome to a special episode of five minutes in church history.

This week we celebrate Reformation Day.

In the church calendar, November 1st was known as All Saints Day.

That makes October 31st the Eve of All Saints Day or All Hallowed Eve.

We know it by its short name Halloween.

Let's go back to the year 1517.

For All Saints Day, November 1st, 1517, a display of newly acquired relics was scheduled for the church at Vittenberg.

These practices had troubled a monk and a standout professor there at Vittenberg, the aforementioned

Martin Luther. So Martin Luther, the aforementioned Martin Luther.

So Martin Luther, on October 31st, 1517, drew up a list of points for debate, and he had 95 in total.

Of course we're talking about the 95 theses. This is the document that

started at all. This is the document that's at the beginning of Protestantism and

this is the document that we celebrate Reformation Day week. I thought for Reformation Day this year we would

would talk about the top five of the 95.

So here it goes, the top five.

And in the first thesis, Luther says,

When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, repent,

he intended that the entire life of believers should be repentance.

Now, after Luther wrote the 95 Theses,

he also wrote a document called Explanation of the 95 the theses he also wrote a document called explanation of the 95

theses and in that text he explains that this word repent in the Latin

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