Church Government
Church Polity and Politics
How Protestant forms of church government shaped political habits, representation, councils, local authority, and resistance to hierarchy.
Clement of Rome
The Roman pastor whose letter to the Corinthians is the earliest Christian writing after the New Testament.
Cyprian of Carthage
The bishop of Carthage who taught that there is no salvation outside the church and made the bishop the center of its unity.
Ignatius of Antioch
The bishop of Antioch who wrote seven letters on his way to martyrdom in Rome and first spoke of the “catholic church.”
Johannes Bugenhagen
A short biography of Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558), “Doctor Pomeranus,” Luther’s pastor at Wittenberg and the organizer of the Lutheran churches of northern Germany and Denmark.
