Two matters, both of them of greatest importance, are before us. On the one hand, there is the Reformation, a decisive turning point in church history. What is more, it is not merely an event of past ...

This story appears in the Reformation turns 500 feature series. View the full series. A woodcut from a 1568 Protestant pamphlet shows Martin Luther and other Protestants withstand attacks from the ...

As on Pentecost, Reformation Day is a time to call upon the power of the Holy Spirit to reshape and reform the church in the 21st century. Reformation Sunday offers an opportunity for the evangelical ...

PARIS (RNS) Five hundred years after the Reformation, one of Protestantism’s leading branches has officially said it now agrees with the Vatican on the main issue at the root of its split from the ...

As with much late-medieval faith, things were complex and there clearly was a hunger for a relationship with Christ, even if ...

Using powerful words and striking artistry to communicate complex ideas is a masterful way to reach out to people’s spirituality. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was such a master who capitalized on both ...

In Honolulu last week, 1,300 bishops, priests and laymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church met under Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill for their 58th triennial general convention—the first held ...