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By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register, October 31, 2024

Father Raymond J. de Souza Father Raymond J. de Souza is the founding editor of Convivium magazine.

COMMENTARY: The ‘Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification,’ signed by the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation, was joined by 2017 by the World Methodist Council, the Anglican Consultative Council, and the World Communion of Reformed Churches.

Oct. 31 is All Hallows Eve in the Catholic Church. It is also Reformation Day for Protestants. On that day in 1517, according to tradition, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany. The Reformation followed, and a great rupture ripped apart Western Christianity.

So did the Reformation end 25 years ago? …

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