[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History April 16

[Padraig O'Maolagain]

Kathy wrote:
>
>1521 German reformer Martin Luther, 34, arrived at the Diet of Worms, where
>he afterward defended his "Ninety-Five Theses," first advanced in 1517. At
>the Diet, Luther refused to recant his ideas 'unless overcome by Scripture.'
>I wonder if our Generation's Martin Luther was named for this reformer??
>Kathy

If you are thinking of Martin Luther King Jr., he (and of course his father, Martin Luther King Sr.) was indeed named after that Protestant founder of Lutheranism.

Padraig




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