Just last week, we marked the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther posting his famous 95 theses, which marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Throughout the Fall, we at Bethlehem College & Seminary have been reflecting on and, yes, celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. However, the very month we celebrated this great anniversary […]
While the five Reformation solas (sola Scriptura, sola fide, sola gratia, solo Christo, and soli Deo gloria) get top billing in our historical reflections on the eve of the Reformation’s 500th anniversary, perhaps the most significant development of the Reformation is one of its rather hidden fruits. By the sixteenth century, the church had developed […]