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Spring 2016

Volume 22, Number 2 · Two articles

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  1. Is the Reformation Ever Finished? Michael D. Bush
  2. John Calvin on the Unity and Truthfulness of the Church James C. Goodloe

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  1. Church History

    Is the Reformation Ever Finished?

    Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda gets translated as 'the church reformed, always reforming,' but the original Latin has more bite than that. Bush traces the saying's actual provenance and argues the Reformed tradition's understanding of reform is more disciplined, and more demanding, than the slogan suggests.

    Michael D. Bush20 min read

  2. Church History

    John Calvin on the Unity and Truthfulness of the Church

    Karl Barth once described Calvin as 'a cataract, a primeval forest, a demonic power.' Goodloe doesn't disagree but finds, like Barth, that one could profitably spend a lifetime there. The piece reads Calvin on church unity for what he still has to teach a fragmenting PCUSA.

    James C. Goodloe38 min read
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