The Center for Classical Theology is a wonderful step in the right direction for Protestantism. May it help us to recover our roots in Nicaea and classical theism and to understand our confessions more accurately.
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The receptive ecumenical outlook can, among other things, help us discern between true and false ecumenism. Eduardo Echeverria models this receptive mode in his latest book. Continue Reading »
One of the lessons taught by the past is that conflict in matters of faith, at both the personal and cultural levels, can have the effect of a wrecking ball. Continue Reading »
On September 29 last year, the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels, I was received into the Ordinariate of the Catholic Church, which was established for Anglicans who desire full communion with the See of Peter, at Our Lady of the Assumption and St. Gregory Church in London. Since then, I have . . . . Continue Reading »
As humanists sought the truth by mastering ancient languages, and reformers by printing the Gospels in vernacular ones, Holbein pursued the truth by recording his subjects—both Protestants and Catholics—in honest, startling detail. Continue Reading »
It may well be that subjectivism is where the Protestant Reformation led, but it was certainly neither Luther’s intention nor his own stated position. Continue Reading »
Twitter is both a symptom and a contributing cause of the collapse of rationality we see all around us. Like the pamphlets of the sixteenth century, tweets are ephemeral and insubstantial. Continue Reading »
Our editors reflect on the future of American foreign policy, the Counter-Reformation, Frank Herbert’s Dune, and the work of Sergij Bulgakov. Continue Reading »
Reformation Day is especially significant for Lutherans and Calvinists, although many other denominations recognize it today. Continue Reading »
The Mirror and the Light by hilary mantel henry holt, 784 pages, $30 The arrival of this final installment of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy, penned by “one of our most important living writers,” has precipitated an avalanche of adulation for its author and her great work, already decorated with . . . . Continue Reading »
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