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Reformation and the Modern World
Once upon a time, Protestants liked to take credit for the glories of the modern world: freedom, prosperity, civilization. As attitudes on modernity have soured, many have been quick to turn the narrative around and blame Protestantism for the licentiousness, greed, and exploitation that we see around us. Influential books by Catholic scholars have told…
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The Synod of Dordt and its Canons
“There is no way to deny that what is expressed in the Canons of Dort is the authentic concern of the Reformation” (Karl Barth). Have you ever wondered where we got the so-called ‘Five Points of Calvinism?’ This past year marked the 400th anniversary of the Synod of Dordt (1618–1619), an international assembly of Reformed…