The concept of the Reformation as a discrete event, with a beginning and an end, is a relatively belated development. For ...
If you're a Protestant, the anniversary of the revolution Martin Luther set in motion 500 years ago this Tuesday is a big deal. But even if you're not, it should be. The Reformation was one of the ...
A sketch of groups of peasants wandering around the countryside during the German Peasants' War. Warwick Press via Wikimedia Commons. Five hundred years ago, in the winter of 1524-1525, bands of ...
If you ask most people what holiday they associate with banging on doors and the last day of October, they will likely say Halloween. However, several groups around the world also recognize another ...
Welcome to the post-Protestant Reformation. By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist “Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith,” Dwight Eisenhower said in ...
THAT ardent Protestant before Protestantism, Saint Francis of Assisi, standing humbly before the great Pope Innocent, defended his wandering brothers, preaching without license, bringing souls to God ...
St. Boniface, who lived on the bridge between the 7th and 8th centuries, is honored as the “Apostle of Germany” because of his work in Christianizing the pagans of those lands. St. Peter Canisius ...
A bit of historical research was making the rounds on social media recently, a monograph that compares the 21st century emergence of Bitcoin, encryption, the internet and millennials with the ...