Happy Reformation Day!

Everyone knows that October 31st is Halloween (more on that below). But did you know that it's also Reformation Day? In 1517, on the eve of All Hallow's Day, Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation, nailing his 95 Theses on the church door of Wittenberg. After centuries of darkness, the light of the gospel was recovered. Post tenebras lux--"after darkness, light!"

The Reformation was known for it's five Solas, or gospel slogans:

Sola Scriptura. Scripture alone, not church traditions, is the final authority for Christian faith and practice.
Sola Fide. We are justified by faith alone, not our good works or religious deeds.
Sola Gratia. We are saved by grace alone. Human beings are entirely unable to save themselves, but only by God's mercy.
Solus Christus. Christ alone saves--no other mediator between God and man exists.
Soli Deo Gloria. To God alone is the praise and the glory of our salvation--not saints, Mary, or popes.

Praise God that we are saved by Christ alone, through faith alone, by grace alone, to the praise of God alone!