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Sixteenth-century portrait of John Calvin by an unknown artist. From the collection of the Bibliothèque de Genève (Library of Geneva). John Calvin is the most well-known Reformed theologian of the generation following Zwingli's death, but recent scholarship has argued that several previously overlooked individuals had at least as much influence on the development of Reformed Christianity and ...
Statues of William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox, influential theologians in developing the Reformed faith, at the Reformation Wall in Geneva. Reformed Christianity, [1] also called Calvinism, [a] is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.
The theology of Martin Luther (1966) 464 pages; Bagchi, David, and David C. Steinmetz, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology (2004) 289 pp. Bainton, Roland H. Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (1950) 386 pages; Bayer, Oswald, Martin Luther's Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation (2008) 354 pages; Brendler, Gerhard.
It remains in use today, along with Luther's hymns and his translation of the Bible. Luther's Small Catechism proved especially effective in helping parents teach their children; likewise the Large Catechism was effective for pastors. [144] Using the German vernacular, they expressed the Apostles' Creed in simpler, more personal, Trinitarian ...
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, [1] was a major theological movement or period or series of events in Western Christianity in 16th-century Northwestern Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.
Rod Rosenbladt (January 3, 1942 – February 2, 2024) was an American Lutheran theologian and academic who was Professor of Theology at Concordia University Irvine in California, [1] and was also well-known among Lutheran, Reformed, and Evangelical Christians as the co-host of the nationally syndicated radio program The White Horse Inn. [2]
He has been a member of the Continuation Committee of the International Congress for Luther Research since 1993, and is a member of the Society for Reformation Research. [4] Robert Kolb is internationally recognized as one of "the most respected scholars of the Reformation" [1] and "one of the best historians of Luther at work today". [5]
John L. Dagg (1794–1884): Author of the Manual of Theology, the first Baptist systematic theology in America; James P. Boyce (1827–1888): Founder of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; William Knibb (1803–1845): Missionary to Jamaica chiefly known today for his work to free enslaved Africans.