There’s no way to understand the Reformation without understanding the thinking of the people who were there.
Reformation
Posted inFaith, Features
What would Martin Luther say about today’s migrant and refugee crises?
We need to revisit the views of this 16th-century reformer on hospitality now more than ever.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Lutheran’s love letter to Pope Francis
Perhaps it is an odd moment for Lutheran fan mail. Yet, ever since you became the Bishop of Rome in 2013, I have become increasingly convinced that you are the pope that Luther was looking for 500 years ago. Here are four reasons why.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Talking heads help humanize the PBS documentary ‘Martin Luther’
The two-hour film portrays the “simple monk” Martin Luther as more of a Catholic than he is generally thought to be.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Poll: Most Protestants and Catholics believe faith and works are necessary for salvation
What were once church-dividing teachings no longer define the majority of American Protestant belief.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
From 1967: A Luther Renaissance in Catholic Thought
This article appeared as “Luther and Catholic Historians,” on Oct. 21, 1967.
Posted inFaith, News
Following Pope Francis, Catholics and Protestants in the U.S. mark the Reformation
“We know what our traditions, we know what our differences are, but we also know what unites us.”
Posted inFaith
Pope Francis speaks on Catholic-Lutheran relations ahead of visit to Sweden
On Oct. 31 the pope will participate in a ceremony to mark 500 years since the start of the Reformation.