In October 1517, some five hundred years ago, Martin Luther defiantly nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the church at Wittenberg Castle church and, in the process, gave birth to the ...

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 ...

Martin Luther, by Lucas Cranach der Ältere (1529). By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for ...

What was the matter with the Protestant Reformation? It might seem like a strange question. Some might say that there was nothing the matter with the Reformation, that it was the acme of spiritual ...

Of the writing (and publishing) of histories of the Protestant Reformation there is no end: almost a dozen Reformation histories have been published in English within the past decade or so, suggesting ...

What to call the movement of Christians that broke full communion with the Catholic Church? In the English-speaking world, the “Reformation” has been the common term. Even many Catholics use it, ...

Editor’s Note: Alec Ryrie is the author of “Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World” and professor of Christian history at Durham University in England. If you’re a Protestant, the ...

There was a lot more to the Catholic Reformation than just responding to the Protestant Reformers — and it started long before 1517. Sanctuary of the Charity of Illescas (Alejandro Ferrant). The ...