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The Reformation began on October 31, 1517, when German monk Saint Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, Germany. That was one of the greatest events of the past 1000 years. Saint Martin made a translation of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into German. Soon all the countries of Europe followed his example by translating the Scriptures into their languages. For the first time in history, the recently invented printing press made the Word of JEHOVAH available to all the people.
When Saint Martin was excommunicated by Pope Leo X, he began an intensive study of the Book of Daniel and the Apocalypse of Saint John. It was from a study of those 2 books that led him to write his magnum opus entitled On the Babylonian Captivity of the Congregation.
The end of the Babylonian Captivity of the Jews in 457 BC led to the rebirth of Israel, and started the 490-year countdown to the First Coming of the Messiah. That explosive book, published in 1520, sent shockwaves through the underworld, and the fallout soon reached fake "Roman Emperor" Charles V. As a result, he summoned the Saint to the Diet of Worms, to publicly disallow the book, and be reconciled to the Church of Roma.
May 1521, at the Diet of Worms, Luther made his courageous defense of On The Babylonian Captivity of the Congregation. For that reason, Elector Frederick the Wise feared for the life of the Reformer, and his soldiers "kidnapped" the Saint and hid him away in the Wartburg Castle. While "imprisoned" there, Luther translated the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into German. That is the place where he also threw the inkwell at the Devil.
The Wartburg Castle, in Thuringia, is a sacred site and a place of pilgrimage for all true Christians.
The "big bang" Jesuits would have loved to do a Guy Fawkes on the Castle, but it was shielded by angels, and the surrounding hills.
In 1525, Saint Martin took another step which caused consternation at the Vatican—he married his sweetheart—escaped nun Saint Katharine von Bora.
The wedding of Saints Martin and Katharine, Wittenberg, June 13, 1525.
After his escape from the spiritual Babylon, Saint Martin soon discovered that monks and nuns were nowhere mentioned in the Holy Bible!
In 1523, he helped a group of 12 nuns escape from the Nimbschen Convent. One of the escapees, Katharine von Bora, became his loving wife and helpmeet.
Saints Martin and Katharine became the perfect partnership, as they devoted their lives to their 4 children, and demolishing the thick walls of Babylon!
Luther would be spinning in his grave if he could see what happened to the Lutheran church.
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