The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation is being celebrated this year, 2017. Why? Because historians acknowledge and date the beginning of the Reformation to October 31, 1517, the day Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
11. This changing of the canonical penalty to the penalty of purgatory is quite evidently one of the [weeds] that were sown while the bishops slept.
This theses recounts the words of Matthew 13:25 ("... while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away"). Luther is suggesting that the purgatory is a false teaching that seeks simply to keep people in their sins.
Lord Jesus, keep us confident that our sin is washed away through our baptism, our repentance, our faith, and your amazing mercy and grace. Amen.
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