An explanation of why the church celebrates Reformation Day as Dr. Gregg Quiggle joins Wayne Shepherd in conversation about the history of the Reformation. (click for more…)
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Dr. Gregg Quiggle says the Reformation shaped culture as well as the church. It changed how people think about marriage and work, and it fed the push for public education so people could read the Bible in their own language. He notes it wasn’t the church’s first split. The East–West schism of 1054 came earlier. By the 1500s the Western church had become large, bloated and corrupt. Reformers argued that the corruption was a symptom of deeper doctrinal problems, which he frames as three questions:
- The church: Protestants held to the priesthood of all believers, where Rome saw the clergy as the church.
- Salvation: Protestants said faith in Christ alone saves, where Rome said salvation came through the institutional church.
- Authority: Protestants said Scripture alone, where Rome said the church’s teaching authority.
He describes five Reformations: Luther in Germany, Calvin, Zwingli, the English Reformation under Henry VIII, and the radical Anabaptists. He stresses that the reformers wanted to call the church back to its roots, not start a new one. He also admits the irony that “Bible alone” has produced many denominations because people interpret it differently. The episode ends with a mention of his new book with Erwin Lutzer, Marx and Moody.
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