"Aniconism is a picture theory under reverse conditions and usually reflects a negative experience with pictures. In t…"

"The hinges on which the controversy turns are these: first, in their contending that the form of the Church is always…"

"To understand the change in Protestant thought and practice, we need to understand the Protestant vision of family an…"

"While occasionally acknowledging in unenthusiastic fashion St. Paul’s defense of the single life, the Reformers were …"

"According to Harvard University historian Steven Ozment, in his book When Fathers Ruled: Family Life in Reformation E…"

"The North is full of tangled things and texts and aching eyes And dead is all the innocence of anger and surprise, An…"

"Because of the central importance in Luther’s thought of individual reading of the Bible, Protestantism encouraged li…"

"[T]here are two justifications for it. One... is pragmatic and the other... is moral. The pragmatic justification is …"

"Although the reformers-Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Knox and others-disagreed on many things, one conviction they all sha…"

"Why, for instance, did Martin Luther succeed, whereas other important rebels against the medieval church — like John …"