Because the Papists persecute the truth, should we on that account refrain from repressing error? —John Calvin On the hill of Champel, just outside the city of Geneva, a man was made ready for burning ...

In my book “Was the Reformation a Mistake? Why Catholic Doctrine Is Not Unbiblical,” I aim to show that even if one disagrees with judgments made in the course of Catholic doctrinal development, the ...

A Lutheran pastor identifies five false teachings that threaten to corrupt the church’s public witness. If we can learn anything from the history of Christian heresies, it is that they never truly ...

Tuesday, Oct. 31, is Reformation Day, the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther, a Roman Catholic priest, wanted a public debate on the Church's practice of ...

A coalition of conservative Catholic clergy and academics have accused Pope Francis of heresy, citing what they call overly liberal positions on topics like religious diversity, homosexuality and ...

Five hundred years ago this month, the Protestant Reformation rattled the foundations of Christendom, tragically splitting the Church and eventually leading to widespread secularization and other ...

What to call the movement of Christians that broke full communion with the Catholic Church? In the English-speaking world, the “Reformation” has been the common term. Even many Catholics use it, ...

Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran leaders in England united to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, pledging to work for a deeper unity between the divided denominations. "We recall, with ...

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 ...