Unity • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity •

On October 31, 1517, an event occurred which changed the course of Christian experience. On that date Martin Luther tacked ninety-five theses for debate on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.

That action eventually led to the Protestant Reformation. Although in 1517 the church was already divided between east and west, the Reformation brought further divisions until, at one time, there were over 300 Protestant denominations.

For years these denominations were in keen competition with one another. In the Twentieth Century the denominations are coming out of that period. Perhaps we are coming to understand that Christ’s statement on love and discipleship is related to our attitudes toward Christians in other denominations.

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