As we close out the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the avalanche of commemorative studies is coming to a close. Among them is Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation, by ...
It is a new year and a wonderful time to welcome a new guest contributor to the Anxious Bench to tell us about his new book. Today’s post is by Benjamin Guyer, who is currently a lecturer in the ...
As we approach Reformation Day within the Protestant corners of the one holy catholic and apostolic church there is a tendency to romanticize the true nature of the various reformations to the point ...
The typical tale told by Protestant apologists is that the Catholic Church in England at the end of the Middle Ages was all but dead. The people longed for a simple, Bible-based religion free of all ...
If David Cameron had understood the causes and progress of the English Reformation he would have realised the appeal of ‘very well then, alone’ We are told that, shortly after midnight on 24 June, ...
According to Cardinal Reginald Pole the English Reformation was result of Henry VIII's "fleshy will" and "carnal concupiscence". It is easy to understand why the most powerful man in Mary Tudor's ...
A week after Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Scotland and England and its historical significance is still reverberating. The first state visit by a Pope to Britain was remarkable in many different ways, ...
“That’s my wine,” Eamon Duffy teased, as I mistakenly sipped from his glass. “First you pinch our churches, now you pinch my wine.” This won’t be a conventional review of Duffy’s exciting new ...
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