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The year 2017 marks 500 years since a stubborn monk and towering thinker, Martin Luther, published his 95 theses or complaints against the Catholic Church and launched the Protestant Reformation, a momentous religious revolution whose consequences we still live with today. The Reformation divided the Western church and transformed millions of people\u2019s understanding of their relationship with God. Correspondent Kim Lawton traveled to Germany to report on how the anniversary is being commemorated there and how its legacy is understood by scholars and theologians, both Catholic and Protestant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe hope to celebrate this anniversary without hiding the problematic side, the dark side of Martin Luther,\u201d says Rev Johannes Block, pastor of the Evangelical City and Parish Church of St. Mary\u2019s in Wittenberg, Germany, where Luther himself preached hundreds and hundreds of sermons in the 16th century. \u201cThe Reformation said you are responsible for yourself,\u201d he continued. \u201cEverybody is responsible for his faith. It\u2019s a step of democracy. 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