Wednesday, October 21, 2020
In continental Europe Luther may have started the Reformation, and Calvin sustained it, but the English, relatively isolated on their island, always held continental Europe at a convenient arm’s length. Consequently when the reformation came across the channel, it followed that England needed its own reformer. Thomas Cranmer, born in […]
“Unless I am convicted by scripture and plain reason–I do not accept the authority of popes and councils for they have contradicted each other–my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. […]
“If it please Christ, Melanchthon will make many Martins and a most powerful enemy of scholastic theology; for he knows their folly and the Rock of Christ as well. As a man of might, he will prove his ability.” It was in these words that Martin Luther all but named […]
Culture today tells us to “be who you’re meant to be” and to “find your true identity.” So often, we succumb to the lie that we do not have the ability to accomplish anything until we “know who we are.” Comics, novels, and even movie franchises are based solely around […]
John Calvin was born in 1509 in Noyon, France. From the beginning, young Calvin was steeped in the ecclesiastical structure and tradition of the Catholic Church. Calvin’s father had planned a life in the clergy for his son, who became a chaplain at the Cathedral of Noyon at twelve. He […]