The Lausanne Articles of 1536 were written by Guillaume Farel and Pierre Viret. They show a similar sort of theology of adiaphora as preceding Reformed confessional statements. They begin with a strong criticism of ceremonies which were not ordained by Christ, and yet...
Steven Wedgeworth
Adiaphora in The First Helvetic Confession
The First Helvetic Confession of Faith was another attempted Reformed-Lutheran symbol of unity. Composed thirty years before its more famous successor, the First Helvetic was written by Heinrich Bullinger in concert with men who used to be famous: Grynaeus, Myconius,...
The Doctrine of Human Tradition in the Tetrapolitan Confession
The Tetrapolitan Confession of 1530 represented the theology of the cities of Strasbourg, Constance, Memmingen, and Lindau. It was written chiefly by Martin Bucer. It can be thought of as an attempted Lutheran-Reformed unity confession to go along with the Augsburg...
Protect Your Chest: Thoughts on Augustine’s Two Kingdoms
We must climb the things of this world, this evermore insane world, as we ascend to things higher.
“Anglican-Sounding Stuff” at Dort
This post is going to be a bit short and imprecise. Still, friends encouraged me to plop this down in one easy-to-find spot, and so I hope it helps. My goal here is not to prove that the Dutch Reformed are really Anglicans. Neither am I commenting on later development...
One Month After the Roe Leak: Reflections on the Supreme Court’s Draft Opinion
With some distance from the initial SCOTUS leak, what are the most significant takeaways?
Calvin on the Church of England – Part 3
We could say that Calvin is Puritan in personal tastes and eventual goals but that he is Anglican in basic principles and ecclesiastical polity.
Calvin on the Church of England – Part 2
This post is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part 3 here. Earlier, I introduced Calvin's commentary on the 16th century Church of England. I pointed out how Calvin complimented the state of religion in England at the time, instructed the...
Calvin on the Church of England – Part 1
This post is Part 1 of a three part series. You can read Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. John Durel was a Franco-Anglican minister who became a key Reformed apologist for the Church of England after the restoration of the Stuart monarchy. Mostly forgotten today, Durel...
The Reformation Character of the 1662 BCP
The growing popularity of the International Edition of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer has brought many positive fruits with perhaps the greatest being a reuniting of Anglican worship to the Magisterial Reformation. The 1662 BCP does this chiefly through the content of...