The story we tell of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago is a window on how the past speaks to the present, and how the present imposes itself on the past. It is a story everyone ...

"I am the church, you are the church, we are the church together.” Every child who has ever spent a sultry summer morning at vacation Bible school has learned that song. It reflects the wisdom that ...

Henry VIII was brought up as a devout Catholic. In the early years of his reign he attended mass five times a day and his most trusted adviser was the head of the Catholic Church in England, Cardinal ...

In some ways, this question seems odd. Of course the Reformation still matters! After all, in 2017, Christians around the world will mark the Reformation’s 500th anniversary. There will be exhibits, ...

The Reformation was a culmination of events and circumstances, both here and abroad, which led to a seismic shift in the religious framework of this country. So what exactly happened, and what lasting ...

Historians are still finding new things to say about Martin Luther and his movement. There are so many events planned to mark the Protestant Reformation’s 500th anniversary that sometimes it’s hard to ...

Who or what is a Catholic? Is it the entire church or only the Western part of it? Must a Catholic be loyal to the pope, or could she defend the faith against the pope? Can a Protestant be Catholic?

Torgau is a significant location in the history of the Reformation. It became the political hub of Protestant Reformers and it was here that allegiances were formed to defend the new religion. Anyone ...

Grand anniversaries are to authors and publishers what voters are to a politician. They love them, albeit briefly. We can wait all day for a biography of a specific character or a history of a precise ...

The upheavals and turmoil of the sixteenth century transformed many aspects of religious life. As the great monasteries and religious houses disappeared, the Reformation transformed the landscape of ...