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Radio Free Acton: 500 Years of Reformation
Radio Free Acton: 500 Years of Reformation
Mar 14, 2026 11:51 PM

2017 will mark the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther’s posting of his 95 Theseson the door of Wittenberg Castle Church, the event that would eventually lead to what we now know as the Protestant Reformation. In anticipation of this very significant anniversary, churches, seminaries, colleges, and many other organizations have begun the process of examining the events leading up to and flowing out from the reformations of that time, and a great deal of those organizations have joined together to form Refo500, which describes itself as “theinternational platform for knowledge, expertise, ideas, products and events, specializing in the 500 year legacy of the Reformation.”

Dr. Herman Selderhuis–Director of Refo500 and professor at the Theological University of Apeldoorn in the Netherlands – was recently our guest here at the Acton Institute, and he took some time to sit down with Paul Edwards and discuss the legacy of the Protestant Reformation and the work of his organization. You can listen via the audio player below.

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