The Halloween holiday isn’t the only event of significance on October 31. A number of notable things occurred in history on this date:
Martin Luther, in 1517, nailed a document, his 95 Theses to the door of the Catholic Church. Luther took this action after being told that priest were selling “indulgences” to church members for the forgiveness of sin. This frustrated Luther as members believed they no longer had to repent for their sins. History records that the church labeled Luther a criminal. Furthermore, anyone could kill him without punishment. I don’t know about you, but this has Halloween overtones in that this is a ghoulish story that was in no way funny.
The good news is that Luther died of natural causes after creating a German translation of the Bible.
Now, back to Halloween. I look forward to October 31st because November follows and then December: Thanksgiving and Christmas. Yay!