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[[Image:Wittenburg church door gg.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Door of the ''Schlosskirche'' (castle church) to which Luther is said to have nailed his 95 Theses, sparking the [[Reformation]].]] '''Reformation Day''' is a [[Christian]] Protestant holiday celebrated on October 31 in remembrance of the [[Reformation]], particularly by [[Lutheran]] and some Reformed church communities. It is a civic holiday in Slovenia (since the Reformation contributed to its cultural development profoundly, although Slovenians are mainly [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]]) and in the German states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia.
==Lutheran church==
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===History=== On this day in 1517, [[Martin Luther]] posted a proposal at the doors of a church in [[Wittenberg]], Germany to debate the [[doctrine]] and practice of indulgences[[indulgence]]s. This proposal is popularly known as the [[95 Theses]], which he nailed to the Castle Church doors. This was not an act of defiance or provocation as is sometimes thought. Since the Castle Church faced Wittenberg's main thoroughfare, the church door functioned as a public bulletin board and was therefore the logical place for posting important notices. Also, the theses were written in [[Latin]], the language of the church, and not in the vernacular. Nonetheless, the event created a controversy between Luther and those allied with the [[Pope]] over a variety of doctrines and practices. When Luther and his supporters were excommunicated in 1520, the Lutheran tradition was born. This in turn would later ease the creation of the Reformed and [[Anabaptist]] traditions as well. ===Lutheran church===
Within the Lutheran church, Reformation Day is considered a lesser festival, and is officially referred to as '''The Festival of the Reformation'''. Until the 20th Century, most Lutheran churches celebrated Reformation Day on October 31st, regardless of which day of the week it occurred. Today, most Lutheran churches transfer the festival, so that it falls on the Sunday (called '''Reformation Sunday''') on or before October 31st and transfer All Saints' Day to the Sunday on or after November 1st.
==Links==
{{Christianity Knowledge Base|Reformation DayReturnto}}[[Christianity]] -> [[Denominations]] -> [[Protestantism]] -> [[Lutheranism]] -> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical_calendar_(Lutheran)]]
[[Category:Lutheranism]]
