Harold Wilson once said ‘a week is a long time in politics’. On this basis it seems like the Reformation happened almost an eternity ago, yet we live daily in its wake.
While the Reformation began in the cloisters and the Church its spirit quickly spread into the political and indeed every sphere of life. It has influenced work, the modern state, democracy, free speech, capitalism, liberalism, and the Enlightenment. Almost every area of life has been revolutionised by the Reformation.
We see our very selves differently today because of the public actions of a Monk from Saxony. The Reformation…
