Tag: Martin Luther

A Protestant Reading of “Fiducia Supplicans”

Chris Castaldo — January 4, 2024

A Protestant Reading of “Fiducia Supplicans”

Chris Castaldo examines parallels between 1517 and the confusion of the Pope's latest remarks on same-sex relationships.

Why We Should Pray with Someone Else’s Words

E. J. Hutchinson — December 5, 2023

Why We Should Pray with Someone Else’s Words

Melanchthon on Luther on prayer.

Heinrich Graetz, and “Influence of Judaism on the Protestant Reformation”

Miles Smith — November 15, 2023

Heinrich Graetz, and “Influence of Judaism on the Protestant Reformation”

It was in Germany, Graetz argued, that the Reformation, and a Jewish-influenced Reformation, gave the world Luther and modern Protestantism.

Staging Luther: Four Plays: A Review

J. C. Scharl — November 8, 2023

Staging Luther: Four Plays: A Review

J. C. Scharl reviews a new edition of plays by Hans Sachs, an early defender of Lutheranism in both drama and verse.

Are “BS Jobs” Vocations?

John Ehrett — November 1, 2023

Are “BS Jobs” Vocations?

Is Martin Luther's doctrine of vocation adequate to address the futility of so much modern work?

Luther on Children at the Lord’s Supper

E. J. Hutchinson — September 26, 2023

Luther on Children at the Lord’s Supper

Should children come to the sacrament of the altar? Luther responds.

Old Testament Sacraments, Pt. 5: The Rainbow and the Noahic Covenant (2)

Nathan Johnson — April 27, 2023

Old Testament Sacraments, Pt. 5: The Rainbow and the Noahic Covenant (2)

In what way, if any, is the rainbow a sacrament of God's covenant with Noah?

America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding: A Review

Brad Littlejohn — February 23, 2023

America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding: A Review

Brad Littlejohn reviews Robert Reilly's bizarre case for the influence of Roman Catholicism upon the American founding.

No Ashes to Ashes: An Anglican History of Ash Wednesday

Steven Wedgeworth — February 20, 2023

No Ashes to Ashes: An Anglican History of Ash Wednesday

Are ashes on Ash Wednesday really an Anglican tradition?

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Richard II”

Rhys Laverty — February 2, 2023

Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Richard II”

Contemplating the tension between divine right and popular rule with the Bard and the Reformers.