by Mitch Randall | Oct 31, 2019 | Opinion
Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, on Oct. 31, 1517, setting in motion the Protestant Reformation that would split the Roman Catholic Church. The fracture of European Christendom changed the world forever....
by Elie Haddad | Sep 10, 2018 | Opinion
What is the priesthood of all believers and why does it matter? The priesthood of all believers became one of the important tenets of the Protestant Reformation, as I commented in my earlier post. This was widely understood as all individuals having equal and direct...
by Matthew J. Tuininga | May 8, 2018 | Opinion
During the latter part of the 20th century, as I wrote previously, Vatican II reforms and growing concerns about secularism began to draw Protestants and Catholics together. This convergence has continued into the present among ethicists from both traditions, even as...
by Matthew J. Tuininga | May 7, 2018 | Opinion
The reformers broke dramatically with the Roman Catholic Church when it came to the doctrines of salvation and ecclesiology. They did not do so with respect to ethics. In fact, in some ways, their views were closer to traditional Catholic ethical thought than they...
by Ruth Gouldbourne | Jun 22, 2017 | Opinion
During this 500th anniversary year, the so-called Strangers Churches in London have planned a series of events telling something of the story of the Reformation and of its continuing liveness in their life and practice today. The idea was one event or exhibition a...