Vocation
Impact on Commerce
How the Reformation reshaped commerce through vocation, moral accountability in work, property, lending, thrift, and service to one’s neighbor.
Sacraments
The seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, how they served as the medieval means of grace and justification, and the Reformers’ answer, with a fuller article on each sacrament.
Sacraments
The seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, how they served as the medieval means of grace and justification, and the Reformers’ answer, with a fuller article on each sacrament.
The Anathemas of Trent
The thirty-three canons on justification decreed by the Council of Trent in its sixth session, January 13, 1547, each ending with anathema sit, in the 1851 translation of Theodore Alois Buckley.
The Anathemas of Trent
The thirty-three canons on justification decreed by the Council of Trent in its sixth session, January 13, 1547, each ending with anathema sit, in the 1851 translation of Theodore Alois Buckley.
The Augsburg Confession
The full English text of the Augsburg Confession of 1530, written by Philip Melanchthon and presented before Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg: preface, twenty-one articles of faith, seven articles on abuses corrected, and the signatories.
The Baptist Catechism
Read and search the Baptist Catechism, commonly called Keach’s Catechism: all 114 questions and answers with their Scripture proofs, from the oldest surviving edition of 1695.
The Constitutions of Oxford
The Constitutions of Oxford, 1409, which restricted preaching and Bible translation in response to Wycliffe and the Lollards.
The Constitutions of Oxford
The Constitutions of Oxford, 1409, which restricted preaching and Bible translation in response to Wycliffe and the Lollards.
The Dordrecht Confession of Faith
The Dordrecht Confession of Faith of 1632, the principal Mennonite confession, set beside the Westminster Confession of 1647: two Protestant confessions written fifteen years apart that answer almost entirely different questions.
The Huguenots
A history of the French Huguenots, their confession and discipline, wars and massacres, the Edict of Nantes, exile, and the Church of the Desert.
The Priesthood of All Believers
How the Reformation recovered the priesthood of all believers while preserving the pastoral ministry and Christ’s unique high priesthood.
The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith
Read and search the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith, with its 32 chapters, Scripture proofs, address to the reader, and appendix.
The Smalcald Articles (1537)
An introduction to the Smalcald Articles of 1537 and the complete English text of Martin Luther's three-part confession, with preface and subscriptions.
Vocation
How Luther, Calvin, and Tyndale recovered ordinary callings as sacred service to God and neighbor flowing from justification by faith.
