Luther’s issue with indulgences was that they lacked any humility.

Bernard of Clairvaux played a key role in shaping Luther’s Eschatology

It is important to see Luther as a Medieval man

A summary of Wycliffe’s theology and impact

Wycliffe challenged both the financial power of the church and its spiritual authority. In its place he held out the Holy Word of God.

In its proper place, tradition helped the Reformers to defend the true doctrine of the church.

The Reformation was not a fight over “Scripture or tradition,” but rather a fight for the proper place of each.

The Protestant challenge to the Papacy arises out of a cultural context of building ecclesiastical critique.

The Church’s view of Papal Primacy became a significant touchstone of reformation theologies.

Papal authority became a major point of contention in the European Reformations; we do well to seek an understanding of the papacy, then, if we want to understand the reformations themselves.