Theme beginning of the end started on a Jubilee Year as a token of the release of the captives:
October 31st is a very significant day for people all over the world, and it doesn't have anything to do with Halloween. On October 31, 1517, "the Spirit of Christ moved [Martin Luther] a Catholic priest living in Germany” and his actions launched the Protestant Reformation and was the tipping point that began a movement that brought the Bible to the common man.
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http://www.cranialhiccups.com/2012/10/learning-about-the-reformation.html
At a Joseph Smith Memorial Fireside, Elder M. Russell Ballard stated:
“Now think, my brothers and sisters, about the price that others have paid to establish the freedom of religion essential for Joseph Smith to come to earth to fulfill his mission. Think of the hundreds, perhaps even thousands, who were protestors of Christendom during the dark ages of the Great Apostasy. Many gave their lives for the right of all people to worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience. As I remind you of a few of them, keep in mind the tapestry of faith preparing the way for the Prophet Joseph and the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/pages/the-tapestry-of-gods-hand?lang=eng&
And in a General Conference address he said:
“The Dark Ages were dark because the light of the gospel was hidden from the people. They did not have the apostles or prophets, nor did they have access to the Bible. The clergy kept the scriptures secret and unavailable to the people. We owe much to the many brave martyrs and reformers like Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Huss who demanded freedom to worship and common access to the holy books.” (The Miracle of the Holy Bible, April General Conference 2007)
“What did they know about the importance of scriptures that we also need to know? What did people in 16th-century England, who paid enormous sums and ran grave personal risks for access to a Bible, understand that we should also understand?“ (Elder Christofferson, The Blessing of Scripture, CR, April 2010)
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2010/04/the-blessing-of-scripture?lang=eng
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