After darkness – the dawn?

There are good reasons to mark Reformation Sunday on 26 October, or indeed Reformation Day on the 31st.

We can give thanks for the reformation of the church, and especially for the recovery of the doctrine of justification by faith alone. We are reminded that we are part of the great tradition of the church going back to our forefathers at the time of the Reformation, and indeed to the early church and the apostles.

This year, marking Reformation Day seems particularly apt. It must have been unimaginable to the forerunners of the Reformation that the truths of Scripture would make such an extraordinary impact, transforming not only the professing church but even nations.