The 31st of October is recognised as ‘Reformation Day’  by some sections of the Christian church and even a national holiday in some areas of Germany.

The protests that were publicly nailed to the Wittenberg Cathedral door on October 31 1517, began the most dramatic reform within Christianity-one that prompted their author to also pen a hymn of bold affirmation of our mighty God writes Lucy Neeley Adams. A history of Martin Luther can be found here.