Intolerance then entered into the councils of the Reformation. . . Whoever did not believe in his doctrines was denounced as a rebel.Today's
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How the Reformation Hurt Culture
The Reformation has been unfavorable to the fine arts, and has very much restrained the exercise of them.Continuing Luther Begins the Reformation in
Oscars Get It Wrong Again and Again
Last month The Washington Post movie critics gives us their best pictures picks for the last 41 years.If you have not read your month's limit, you
Why We Need History
by Jack Le MoineGeorge Will’s column in the Washington Post today addresses the importance on fact-based education based on past knowledge.And
Shell Shock
From Our Humor DepartmentDo you notice how language has softened meaning as the years go by? We are not supposed to say someone died but someone
Problems With Luther’s Interpretations of the Bible
. . . by depreciating the Epistle of St. James as an epistle of straw, that contained nothing of the Gospel in it, and which an apostle could not have
Parkman Vol. 2 Chapter 12
Many of the Indians clung to the idea that baptism was a safeguard against pestilence and misfortune; and when the fallacy of this notion was made
Reformation Was Revolution
A reformer should take care that, in his zeal to get rid of manifest abuses, he does not at the same time shake the faith and its wholesome
Imperial Edict Condemns Luther
At Worms, however, while the Pope was concluding an alliance with Charles against France, the papal legate Aleander, by commission of the Emperor,