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.
13. The dying pay all penalties by their death, are already dead to the canons, and rightly have exemption from them.
This one, like #12, is again a challenge to the concept of purgatory. Luther would have argued that after death there is either Heaven or Hell, there is no purgatory. This is an important challenge because it gets at the heart of his argument against indulgences.
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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