Reformation | The PostBarthian

All Blog Posts With Tag: Reformation

The Crisis of the Scripture Principle: A Dissolution of the Traditional Doctrine of Scripture (feat. Wolfhart Pannenberg) (June 29, 2018)

The scripture principle (of sola scripture) was the foundation of the Protestant Reformation, and allowed a period of discovery and theological advancement that was achieved by using the Holy Scriptures to challenge the long standing traditional doctrines of the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, this dangerous idea of the Reformation resulted in a […]

Jürgen Moltmann on the Four Limits of the Reformation (January 22, 2018)

It is important to see the limits of the Reformation in the 16th century, in order to go beyond its limits. Jürgen Moltmann outlined four limits of the Protestant Reformation at the Unfinished Worlds conference in 2016. Even though the 500th anniversary of the Reformation is behind us now, it is […]

George Hunsinger’s Proposal for Ending the Reformation and Reunifying the Church (October 30, 2017)

George Hunsinger's Proposal for Ending the Reformation and Reunifying the Church In the conclusion of George Hunsinger, "The Eucharist and Ecumenism: Let us Keep the Feast", he provides a proposal for reuniting the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church that has been splintered by the Protestant Reformation into over 30,000 denominations […]

Martin Luther’s Share of the Guilt: Was the Protestant Reformation Really Worth It? (October 29, 2017)

The 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation is days away, so it is a time to remember and reflect upon the Reformation, and specifically upon Martin Luther, who started the Reformation by nailing his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg Castle church on October 31, 1517. The Reformation opened Pandora's […]

The Reformation’s Lack of Miracles: A Response by John Calvin (January 28, 2013)

~ Updated and Revised: February 21st, 2019 ~ In the "Prefatory Address to the King of France", in the opening of Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin outlines the Roman Catholic objections to the Reformation, and then Calvin responses to each of them. One of the Catholic criticisms is that the […]

Here I Stand, The Life of Martin Luther (Review) (June 29, 2009)

Here I Stand : A Life of Martin Luther by Roland Bainton is a best selling biography of Martin Luther (amazon). I found a 1955 paperback edition at Half Price Books for a few dollars. My copy has about 300pages and says "Over A Million Sold" on the cov...