16th Century
The Impact of Justification by Faith on Luther’s Preaching
Tyler McQuilkin Martin Luther was a 16th Century monk living in Germany. He joined the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt when he was just twenty-two years old. During his early years as a monk, Luther constantly lived in fear of death and the possibility of hell.[1] This worry of salvation drove more…
“In the Scriptures Be the Fat Pastures of the Soul”: Thomas Cranmer and the Book of Common Prayer
by Sophia Ridgeway The English Reformation had a profound effect on how people engaged in worship, and the influence is still evident today in the Anglican church. Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is to thank for many of the facets of Anglicanism, particularly the Book of Common Prayer. Throughout his more…
Calls for Justice in the New World: The Prophetic Life of Bartolomé de Las Casas in the Spanish Colonization of the Americas
by Daniel Roberts For Christians of European and American descent, the history of the conquest of the Americas and further enslavement of Africans is a harsh reminder that Christians can be just as violent and destructive as any tyrant who has ever lived. Much like Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth, Westerners have more…
Elizabeth I’s Consolidation and Uniformation of the Church of England
by Leah Dassler Upon the death of Mary I, Elizabeth Tudor went from illegitimate child to heir of Henry VIII. Hers is a remarkable journey that turned her from a captive in the Tower of London to one of England’s longest-reigning monarchs. Even more remarkable is how she and parliament more…
John Calvin
by Tanner Decker NOTES [1] P. 11 Selderhuis [2] P. 25, Wendel [3] P. 140 Cottret BIBLIOGRAPHY Calvin, Jean, McNeill, John T., and Battles, Ford Lewis. Institutes of the Christian Religion. Library of Christian Classics (Louisville, Ky.). Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006. Coolidge, Calvin, and William more…
Luther’s Wildfire: The Impact of the Lutheran Bible
by Cienna Dumaoal When most people think of Martin Luther, they think of a man stealing through the night to pin scathing condemnations of Catholicism to a weathered church door. No inherent issue exists with viewing Luther in light of the 95 Theses, as many consider them to be the more…