Civilization as we know it began on October 31, 1517. In the small east German town of Wittenberg, a thirty-year-old Augustinian priest walked to Castle Church and nailed ninety-five theological propositions for debate on the door. The debate Martin Luther began nearly 500 years ago turned the world upside down. Democracy, civil rights and liberties, constitutional government, religious liberty, and the free market all find their roots in the Reformation.
