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A special religious service is being held in the German town of Wittenberg to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
His criticism led to a split with the Roman Catholic Church and the birth of Protestantism.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier are attending several ceremonies in Wittenberg, starting with a service at All Saints’ Church – w Luther is said to have first displayed his list of criticisms in 1517.
What was the Reformation?A religious movement which challenged the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
Led to the creation of Protestant churches separate from the Roman Catholic Church.
The Church of England broke from the Roman Catholic Church later in the 16th Century.
Eventually, the Protestant and Catholic Churches would co-exist peacefully, but without any formal links.
Amid ceremonies marking Luther’s legacy 500 years on, t have also been protests about an anti-Semitic sculpture which remains on the facade of another church in Wittenberg.