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This Week in Church History: Latimer and Ridley Burned (1555)
October 16 marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley by Queen Mary of England. Together with the Archbishop of Canterbury and author of the Book of Common Prayer, Thomas Cranmer, these three men make up the Oxford Martyrs. All three died by burning in Oxford, thus the term “Oxford Martyr,”…
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VIDEO: Davenant Discussions: Why Tradition When We Have the Bible?
In this video, we explore the second pillar of The Davenant Trust’s vision: Retrieval. Why is it important to retrieve the historic traditions of our faith? How does such respect for tradition differ from a Catholic approach to tradition? And, to put it most bluntly, why do we need historical theology when we have the…
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VIDEO: Davenant Discussions: Is Reason Hostile to Faith?
In this first video of our new Davenant Discussions series, we begin exploring the first of four pillars of Davenant’s vision: Reason. What is it and why should we not see it as hostile to orthodox faith? Follow us on YouTube and see other Davenant Discussions! Video Questions 0:37 Human reason is a big, imposing…
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Common Places: Brad Littlejohn on Historical Theology
Dr. Brad Littlejohn discusses the mission and initiatives of the Davenant Trust along with the work of translating historical theology for the church today.
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This Week in Church History: Marburg Colloquy Day 4 (October 4)
Previous posts in the series: Introduction Day 1 (October 1) Day 2 (October 2) Day 3 (October 3) In this final post, we’re going to recap what the final day of the colloquy and then discuss the colloquy’s importance within the larger story of the Reformation. A Brief Summary of Day 4 (October 4) of the…
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This Week in Church History: Marburg Colloquy Day 3 (October 3)
Older posts in the series: Introduction Day 1 (October 1) Day 2 (October 2) Day 4 (October 4) The third day of the Marburg Colloquy is the day that the wheels basically came off the cart. The first day featured informal discussions with a small group and was followed by more official (and similarly fruitless) discussions…
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This Week in Church History: Marburg Colloquy Day 2 (October 2)
Other posts in the series: Introduction Day 1 (October 1) Day 3 (October 3) Day 4 (October 4) What we are referring to as day two of the colloquy is, technically speaking, day one. Though the discussion began informally on Friday the 1st between Luther, Zwingli, Melanchthon, and Oecolampadius, the colloquy did not officially begin…
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This Week in Church History: Marburg Colloquy Day One (October 1)
Other posts in the series: Introduction Day 2 (October 2) Day 3 (October 3) Day 4 (October 4) In the second part of our series on the Marburg Colloquy, we’re looking at the events on the first day of the Marburg Colloquy, October 1, 1529. Beginnings of the Colloquy The colloquy began informally on the morning…
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This Week in Church History: Marburg Colloquy Introduction
Other posts in the series: Day 1 (October 1) Day 2 (October 2) Day 3 (October 3) Day 4 (October 4) October 1 will mark the anniversary of the beginning of the Marburg Colloquy, held in 1529. Over the next several days, we’ll be publishing a series of posts going through the day-to-day happenings at…
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