The rise of the Carolingian Empire (ca. 800–888 AD) witnessed an abundance of theological and philosophical inquiry and controversy, not least because the relative political stability made connections across geographical regions easier, along with a widespread effort by its authorities to promote educational and religious reforms and thus to develop greater uniformity in Christian thought…

How much do you love explaining election to laypersons? While the doctrine is often a prickly point of misunderstanding and disagreement today, for the Reformers it was an important corrective to the works-based theology that had pervaded the church. After leaving the Dominican order, Martin Bucer (1491-1551) was a leader of reform in Strasbourg before…