The Reformation, Its Causes, and Its Consequences

The Reformation was not the beginning of the problems in the Western Church, nor in the Church more generally. Over the centuries before the beginning of the Reformation, generally accepted as 31 October 1517, the Church faced a number of heresies, divisions, and other problems. Yet God has always seen her through these tumultuous waters. Today, we find ourselves yet again in need of reformation, for the existing church bodies are corrupt — virtually all from the top down. This does not mean that there are no faithful churches, that there are no faithful congregations, but we do, indeed, find ourselves virtually bereft of faithful, ‘official’ leadership. To address these challenges and to restore Christendom, we will have to work together. Not as Lutherans or Reformed or Baptists or Romans or whatever other tradition or denomination we may call our own, but as Christians. This is not a call to abandon our distinctives or our doctrinal convictions; rather, it is a call to work together across these lines in the kingdom of the left hand of Christ. God willing, our grandchildren will see a Christendom we have known only in history books. Subscribe to the podcast here. Show Notes The Book of Concord See Also Facing Wokeism as a Church (After Lutheranism Part 4) The Book of Gomorrah by St. Peter Damian Further Reading The Apostles’ Creed The Nicene Creed The Athanasian Creed Parental Warnings None.