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  • Where were they then? Luther, Calvin & Menno in 1516
    by David Roach, posted Monday, October 31, 2016 (6 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Five hundred years ago, on Oct. 31, 1516, Martin Luther was a German Catholic priest questioning whether the pope truly had power to spring souls from purgatory. John Calvin was a 7-year-old in France who had just reached what medievals deemed the "age of accountability."

    In the Netherlands, Menno Simons was a 20-year-old headed toward the Catholic priesthood who had never read the Bible. Read More