Reformation 500 Resources and Videos
January 10, 2018 by Presbyterian Foundation
Understanding the history and the context of the Reformation is a helpful basis for better understanding the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). We prepared extensive resources for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation that you can access at the links below.
RESOURCES
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| Selected Readings
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Reformation Timeline
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| Meet the Reformers
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Luther's 95 Theses
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| The 5 “Solas”
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VIDEOS
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| The Reformation | Wittenberg, Zurich, and Geneva: Cradles of the Reformation | |
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| 500 years ago, Martin Luther published his 95 Theses, an act many credit as the start of the Reformation. How does that history inform our Church today? | Wittenberg, Zurich and Geneva gave birth to two great streams of reformation doctrine in life. Streams that flow into the present and guide our faith today. | |
| Martin Luther | A Witness to the Reformation | |
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| Martin Luther was a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation rejecting certain teachings and practices in the Roman Catholic church. | “Wherever the Word of God is purely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered in accordance with Christ's institution, there, it cannot be doubted, a church of God exists.” John Calvin | |
| Huldrych Zwingli | John Calvin | |
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| Zwingli was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. He is the only major reformer of the 16th century whose movement did not evolve into a church. | John Calvin was a central developer of the system of Christian theology called Calvinism or Reformed theology. He is famous for his teachings and writings, in particular for his Institutes of the Christian Religion. | |
| Reformed and Always to be Reformed According to the Word of God | ||
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