On the heels of my previous post, I thought it appropriate to now introduce you to another Reformation era man whom I respect greatly. Peter Martyr Vermigli (PMV) was an Italian priest whose theology of justification was influenced greatly by the Spaniard Juan de Valdes (coffee, anyone?). While the ecclesiastical allegiances of Contarini [...]

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This video on Martin Luther was produced by the ELCA and is freely available on Google Video. I found it on The Conventicle (an excellent and thoughtful site - well worth your time); so it comes to you via the ELCA, some Scottish Puritan buffs, and a Baptist librarian. Enjoy.
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“The Consistory is for fornicators, and I am no fornicator,” replied the Purse-Maker and former Anabaptist Jane Pignier to a direct question from Consistory member John Calvin in December, 1544 (1). Perhaps she was not, but the Consistory took note of her frequent association with Benoite Jacon, wife of Pierre Amyaux, who admitted adultery to [...]

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