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Once these theses were published, the breach between Luther and the church headed by the Pope widened rapidly. In 1520, the Pope excommunicated Luther. A severe struggle followed, for the Pope, in alliance with the emperor, exerted much effort to destroy the church now reformed and existing separate
That act and those theses became the source of that mighty movement within the church which we know as the “Reformation of the church.” We do well to commemorate and celebrate this event of the 16th century. For it had the most tremendous significance for the true church of Jesus Christ. It was the
Martin Luther, Reformation
The Reformation proper was a spiritual movement, that stood for an action that consisted in exalting the Holy Scriptures as the sole infalalible source of doctrine and truth. According to the literal meaning of the word, the Renaissance was a re-birth. It is needful to ask of what it was the re-birt
(This is the text of a Reformation Day lecture given in Denver, Colorado in November, 1972, under the auspices of the Church Extension Committee of the Protestant Reformed Church of Loveland. The lecture will appear in several installments.) (This is the text of a Reformation Day lecture given in D
This subject implies a relationship between the Reformation of 1517 and the vast number of denominations within the scope of Protestantism. Though this has been and is assailed as a mark of failure on the part of the Protestant Reformation, I will attempt to show that the opposite is true, namely th
The Reformation was a development of the truths of justification by faith, the authority of Holy Scripture and the priesthood of all believers over against the Roman Catholic lies of salvation by works, indulgences, the infallibility of tradition and the clergy, and the right of the church to forgiv