Justification
Clement of Rome
The Roman pastor whose letter to the Corinthians is the earliest Christian writing after the New Testament.
Faith and Assurance Comparison
Table RCC17: Roman Catholic teaching on assurance of salvation, perseverance, and faith compared with Scripture, drawn from the Catechism and the Council of Trent.
Faith and Assurance Comparison
Table RCC17: Roman Catholic teaching on assurance of salvation, perseverance, and faith compared with Scripture, drawn from the Catechism and the Council of Trent.
From Catholicism to Christ
A guide for Christians seeking to speak with Roman Catholic family and friends with care, patience, and a clear grasp of the gospel.
From Catholicism to Christ
A guide for Christians seeking to speak with Roman Catholic family and friends with care, patience, and a clear grasp of the gospel.
Gasparo Contarini
The Venetian cardinal who came nearest to agreement with the Protestants at Regensburg in 1541, and failed.
Gospel
A Reformation reminder that Scripture alone authoritatively reveals the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Grace
A Reformation reminder that redemption is entirely the free gift of God's sovereign grace.
Grace Comparison
A side-by-side comparison of Roman Catholic and Reformation teaching on grace.
Grace Comparison
A side-by-side comparison of Roman Catholic and Reformation teaching on grace.
Jacopo Sadoleto
The eloquent cardinal whose letter urging Geneva back to Rome drew Calvin’s classic Reply in 1539.
Justification
Why justification by grace alone through faith alone was the heart of the Reformation and the answer to humanity’s need for righteousness before God.
Justification Comparison
A side-by-side comparison of Roman Catholic and Reformation teaching on justification.
Justification Comparison
A side-by-side comparison of Roman Catholic and Reformation teaching on justification.
Legacy of the Reformation
A summary of the Reformation’s enduring recovery of Scripture, the gospel, justification by faith, pure worship, and the centrality of Christ.
Roman Catholic Justification
The doctrine of justification as the central issue between Rome and the Reformers, on which every other difference rests.
Roman Catholic Justification
The doctrine of justification as the central issue between Rome and the Reformers, on which every other difference rests.
Rome and the Evangelicals Since Vatican II
Tables RCC18 and RCC19: a timeline of Catholic and Evangelical dialogues since Vatican II, and of notable crossings between the two communions.
Rome and the Evangelicals Since Vatican II
Tables RCC18 and RCC19: a timeline of Catholic and Evangelical dialogues since Vatican II, and of notable crossings between the two communions.
Rome and the Reformation at a Glance
Charts RCC6 to RCC10: the ten agreements and two fault lines, two axioms behind Roman Catholic doctrine, the shared heritage, the two doors into justification, and the merit equation.
Rome and the Reformation at a Glance
Charts RCC6 to RCC10: the ten agreements and two fault lines, two axioms behind Roman Catholic doctrine, the shared heritage, the two doors into justification, and the merit equation.
Rome’s View of the Church’s Role
How Rome's claims for the Church's role in justification, grace, and authority divided Rome from the Reformation churches, set beside what Scripture teaches.
Rome’s View of the Church’s Role
How Rome's claims for the Church's role in justification, grace, and authority divided Rome from the Reformation churches, set beside what Scripture teaches.
Sacraments
The historical development of the medieval sacramental system and the Reformers’ recovery of a biblical understanding of grace, baptism, and the Lord’s Supper.
Sacraments
How the Reformers challenged the medieval sacramental system and recovered baptism and the Lord’s Supper as signs joined to the promise of the gospel.
Salvation Comparison
A side-by-side comparison of Roman Catholic and Reformation teaching on salvation.
Salvation Comparison
A side-by-side comparison of Roman Catholic and Reformation teaching on salvation.
Short Pointers on Rome and the Reformation
Ten short pointers on Rome and the Reformation: material and formal sufficiency, tradition, Nicodemism, penance, the Church, Newman's two decisions, the real difference, the shared heritage, saved or being saved, and gift and reward.
Short Pointers on Rome and the Reformation
Ten short pointers on Rome and the Reformation: material and formal sufficiency, tradition, Nicodemism, penance, the Church, Newman's two decisions, the real difference, the shared heritage, saved or being saved, and gift and reward.
The Colloquy of Regensburg
The Colloquy of Regensburg (1541): Charles V’s attempt to reunite Protestants and Catholics, the agreed article on justification, the break over the church and the Mass, and Calvin’s warning against a “half-Christ.”
The Council of Trent
The Council of Trent, 1545 to 1563: Rome's answer to the Reformation. Its three periods, the decree on Scripture and tradition, the decree on justification and its anathemas, the abuses it genuinely reformed, and the Protestant replies of Calvin and Chemnitz.
The Council of Trent
The Council of Trent, 1545 to 1563: Rome's answer to the Reformation. Its three periods, the decree on Scripture and tradition, the decree on justification and its anathemas, the abuses it genuinely reformed, and the Protestant replies of Calvin and Chemnitz.
The Gospel
The Reformation as God’s gospel recovery mission.
The Way of Salvation According to the Roman Catholic Church
The way of salvation as taught by Rome and by the Reformers, set side by side.
The Way of Salvation According to the Roman Catholic Church
The way of salvation as taught by Rome and by the Reformers, set side by side.
What?
What the Reformation was: the largest gospel revival in the history of the church.
