Reformed Theology
Contrasting Approaches
A comparison table highlighting major differences between the magisterial and Radical Reformations in theology, church, society, and civil authority.
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.
Guido de Brès
A short biography of Guido de Brès (1522–1567), Reformed pastor of the Low Countries, author of the Belgic Confession, and martyr at Valenciennes.
Hubmaier's Christian Catechism
Balthasar Hubmaier's Christian Catechism of 1526, the first Anabaptist catechism: written at Nikolsburg as instruction before baptism, its logic, its author's remarkable and troubling life, and an honest Reformed assessment.
Jan Łaski (John à Lasco)
A short biography of Jan Łaski, or John à Lasco (1499–1560), Polish nobleman, reformer of East Friesland, superintendent of the Strangers’ Church in London, and reformer of Poland.
Luther's Large Catechism
Luther's Large Catechism of 1529: born from thirty sermons preached in 1528, written for pastors and fathers, its five parts, its famous preface on daily study, and its place in the Book of Concord.
Luther's Small Catechism
Luther's Small Catechism of 1529: the Saxon visitation that provoked it, the six chief parts, the question 'What does this mean?', the household as a school of the church, and its influence on every catechism that followed.
Lutheran versus Reformed
A comparison of Lutheran and Reformed traditions on Christology, worship, sacraments, covenant, law and gospel, and salvation.
Peter Martyr Vermigli
A short biography of Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499–1562), the Florentine prior who fled the Inquisition and taught Reformed theology at Strasbourg, Oxford, and Zurich.
Protestant Family Tree
A visual family tree tracing the historical relationships among major Protestant traditions that emerged from the Reformation.
Reformation Branches
A visual guide to the earliest branches of the Protestant Reformation and the principal reformers associated with each tradition.
The Catechism of the Church of England
The Catechism of the Church of England, first printed in Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer of 1549: its place within the order of Confirmation, its four parts, the additions of 1552 and 1604, and an honest Reformed assessment.
The Colloquy of Marburg
The Colloquy of Marburg, 1529: Philip of Hesse's attempt to unite Luther and Zwingli, the fifteen Marburg Articles, the one point they could not sign together, and why the division over the Lord's Supper still matters.
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 English Puritans
An introduction to the English Puritans, their Reformation roots, aims, major branches, struggles, and legacy through the Great Ejection of 1662.
The Formula of Concord
The Formula of Concord of 1577: the controversies that divided Lutheranism after Luther's death, the road from the Swabian Concord to the Bergen Book, the twelve articles, and the two parts — Epitome and Solid Declaration.
The Protestant Reformation
An introduction to the Protestant Reformation as God’s work of restoring the gospel, Scripture, worship, and the church to their biblical foundations.
The Schleitheim Confession (1527)
An introduction to the Schleitheim Confession of 1527 and its complete text, with attention to Michael and Margaretha Sattler, persecution, the seven articles, Anabaptist distinctives, and a Reformed assessment.
The Scottish Reformation
A history of the Scottish Reformation and the Church of Scotland from Knox and 1560 through the Covenanters, secessions, unions, and settlement of 1929.
The Story
A survey of the Protestant Reformation within the larger history of Christ's church, with a guided path through its people, events, theology, and legacy.
The Zurich Disputations
The Zurich Disputations of 1523: Zwingli's Sixty-Seven Articles, the first Reformed confession; a city council that made Scripture the judge; and the question from Conrad Grebel that split the Reformation in two.
William of Orange
A short biography of William of Orange (1533–1584), leader of the Dutch Revolt against Philip II, convert to the Reformed faith, and protector of the Reformed churches of the Netherlands.
Wolfgang Musculus
A short biography of Wolfgang Musculus (1497–1563), Benedictine monk turned reformer, pastor at Augsburg, and professor of theology at Bern.
Zacharias Ursinus
A short biography of Zacharias Ursinus (1534–1583), pupil of Melanchthon and Vermigli, professor at Heidelberg, and principal author of the Heidelberg Catechism.
