Introduction

Through two thousand years of church history, there have been few events more significant than the Protestant Reformation. Five hundred years ago this October, in an effort to call out the theological abuses and false teachings within the Catholic Church, Martin Luther, a German theology professor, publicly posted what came to be known as The 95 Theses; a list of rebukes aimed at Catholic policies and procedures. What began as a local protest of a discontented professor, quickly grew into a worldwide dismantling of the institutional church, ultimately resulting in what is known today as Protestant Christianity.