THAT ardent Protestant before Protestantism, Saint Francis of Assisi, standing humbly before the great Pope Innocent, defended his wandering brothers, preaching without license, bringing souls to God ...
On May 23, 1618, a group of Protestant nobles in Prague did something that would have been considered comical had it not kicked off one of the most devastating conflicts in European history. They ...
On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses, a list of propositions aimed at problems in the Roman Catholic Church, to the door of the university church in Wittenberg, Germany. He wanted to ...
Protestant and Roman Catholic Christians recently celebrated Easter, the most important festival of the Christian year. But they did not celebrate it together—at least not at the level of shared ...
A great metaphysical drama played out on the world’s stage. So, here's a proposition: The novel was an art form—the art form—of the modern Protestant West, and as the main strength of established ...
Weeks before Christians ac­claimed their hosannas while hunkered down in their Zoom rooms, I paid a pastoral call to a 97-year-old shut-in from my congregation. Vince was worried that “when the virus ...
(RNS) — A new survey published by LifeWay Research suggests Protestant churches still are diversifying slowly — despite reports of a 'quiet exodus' of people of color from predominantly white ...
The Pachamama Pope in his element (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) / The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by Andreas SOLARO has been modified in AFP systems in the following ...
Many Houstonians will celebrate this three-day Labor Day weekend by racing to Galveston beaches, hitting the malls for sales or making a fast getaway by plane. But for every stop for beer or gas, ...
Christmas has long been a time of giving, and for church-going Protestants, this generally translates into giving more money ...