Introductory Note: Who are the most important people of the last One Thousand years, i.e., from 1000 AD to 2000 AD? The phrase ‘important people’ are defined as ‘a person /s who changed the destiny of the world; defined the great stream of human history and altered our perceptions. Let us remember them.
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When Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg Church in 1517, he began the Christian Reformation. The 95 Theses, also known as Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, were posted “for the purpose of eliciting the truth.” This reformation changed political and religious alliances for centuries. Martin Luther’s early works stressed salvation by God’s grace and Christian spirituality. Martin Luther argued against the Papal authority in matters of state. When he refused to publicly withdraw his statements, he was excommunicated by the Catholic Church. This act of excommunication gave rise to all Protestant churches. Thus, the Church was divided into two—the Catholic Church and the Protestant Church.
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Dr. K. Raja Gopal Reddy is a seasoned internationally qualified Insurance professional. What you are reading here, may not answer all the questions we have, but has the absolute power of asking unsettling questions which increase the interest in the strange world, and show the contradictory wonders lying just below the surface of the commonest things of life. Look at this disturbing but beautiful thought of Friedrich Nietzsche “God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him”. Dr. Reddy can be reached at: raja66gopal@gmail.com
