Church Corruption
After Light, Darkness
A survey of the theological and institutional developments that carried the church from apostolic light into the darkness preceding the Reformation.
Corruptions in the Church
A survey of the moral, institutional, and doctrinal corruptions in the late medieval church that formed the backdrop to the Reformation.
Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498), the Florentine preacher who called the Renaissance city to repentance.
Major Schisms in Church History
A chronological overview of major schisms in church history and the doctrinal, political, and institutional divisions that produced them.
Papacy
A historical examination of the rise of papal authority, its development in the medieval church, and its departure from the New Testament pattern.
Pope Adrian VI
Pope Adrian VI, 1522 to 1523: the Dutch scholar and tutor of Charles V who confessed the corruption of the Roman court at the Diet of Nuremberg and died with his reforms unfinished.
Pope Adrian VI
Pope Adrian VI, 1522 to 1523: the Dutch scholar and tutor of Charles V who confessed the corruption of the Roman court at the Diet of Nuremberg and died with his reforms unfinished.
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo de Borja), 1492 to 1503: his rise through family influence, the simony and scandals of his pontificate, and his burning of Girolamo Savonarola.
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo de Borja), 1492 to 1503: his rise through family influence, the simony and scandals of his pontificate, and his burning of Girolamo Savonarola.
The Latin Vulgate
An appreciation and critical assessment of Jerome’s Latin Vulgate, its medieval authority, and its complex role in Western Christianity.
Why?
Why the Reformation happened: the religious, intellectual, political, social, and economic causes.
