On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses for public discourse to the church door in Wittenberg Germany.
He did so in anger directed against the Catholic Church for the abuses of its preaching’s in the matter of the sale of indulgences.
Indulgences were a plank of Catholicism that taught repentance could be purchased by the church for money. View full article »
Creeds
Without a doubt, perhaps the most important creedal formula that emerged from the early Church is what we call the Nicene Creed.
With Constantine’s gradual acceptance of Christianity and eventual stamp of approval on it, the persecuted church slowly crept out of the shadows and emerged as a public front.
As it did so, and disparate groups from across the empire began to interact, View full article »