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 ...
Recent debates about leaving Jesus out, or else getting him out, of the Christmas season look somewhat curious from the vantage-point of Rome. In what remains a culturally Catholic country, and at a ...
The Protestant Reformation that started in 1517 in Europe advanced onward with the completion of the American Revolution. Freedom of religion in America allowed new churches to be started here, ...
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 ...
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenburg Church, igniting the Protestant Reformation. Luther was not trying to start a political or a spiritual revolution ...
The greatest gathering of Christians since the 16th century, when the Council of Trent worked for 18 years to counter the Protestant Reformation, ends this week in New Delhi. It is the third Assembly ...