"Philippists", "Flacians", "Stoics", "Synergists". These are all names given, whether pejoratively or appropriately, to factions and groups that arose within the movement Luther started after his death. James and Andrew dive into this period of the second half of the 16th century to explore who some of these people were and what some of the debates were about. Enjoy!

"Faith", "Righteousness", "Sin". These are terms that meant something different to the young Luther than the later Luther. What changed? According to a study done by Lutheran theologian the Rev. Dr. Lowell Green, it was Luther's young colleaugue and friend Philip Melanchthon who had a lot to do with it.

-Green's biography on Concordia-Fort Wayne's website

Andrew shares his deep appreciation for Dietrich Bonhoeffer that he has gained since seeing the 2024 movie, reading primary and secondary resources on Bonhoeffer, and teaching a Bonhoeffer class at his parish.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works in English

A Church Undone: Documents from the German Christian Faith Movement, 1932-1940 (edited by Mary Solberg)

James and Andrew share about their experience at the Anglican Way conference in February, 2025. 

Dr. Lyndal Roper joins us on this episode to discuss the turbulent and devastating peasant wars of 1525, a series of events that comes up often in Reformation studies but are hardly in themselves ever the center of focus in historical study.  Dr. Roper's most recent book Summer of Fire and Blood is the first major book in a generation devoted to this subject in detail. In this episode we discuss the motivations behind the peasant revolts, their devastation and their aftermath. Additionally, we discuss the roles that the theologies of Martin Luther, Thomas Müntzer, and Andreas Karlstadt had behind the uprisings. Enjoy!

Mary Magdalene appears in the sermons and writings of Luther, Zwingli, Bullinger, Calvin, and Beza in ways that reflect their theological perspectives. Dr. Steven Tyra joins the podcast on this episode to discuss his work in this interesting area.

-"Reformation Perspectives on Mary Magdalene from Luther to Zwingli to Calvin" featured in the forthcoming (2025) book The Oxford Handbook of Mary Magdalene

-Steven's book "Neither the Spirit without the Flesh": John Calvin's Doctrine of the Beatific Vision

-Scott Hendrix's article "Luther Against the Backdrop of the History of Biblical Interpretation" in Interpretation 37 (3)

-Erik Lundeen's book The Reformation of the Literal: Prophecy and the Senses of Scripture in Early Modern Europe

-Bruce Gordon's recent book Zwingli: God's Armed Prophet

-Jennifer McNutt's book The Mary We Forgot: What the Apostle to the Apostles Teaches the Church Today

James and Andrew continue the list, covering our top 5 most listened to episodes of Doth Protest. It was a wonderful opportunity to have a great discussion about topics often brought up on the show in general: Law & Gospel distinction (and uses of the Law), biblical interpretation, our confessional understanding of Anglicanism, and some good ol' 16th century history. Enjoy!

Show notes:

James brings up the 1517 article by Amy Mantravadi “Philip Melanchthon’s Most Formative Year”

Link: https://www.1517.org/articles/philip-melanchthons-most-formative-year

We're incredibly delighted to have Amy Mantravadi on this episode to talk about her book Broken Bonds: A Novel of the Reformation. Broken Bonds is a work of histoical-fiction centered on the historical figures Martin Luther, Desiderius Erasmus, and Philip Melanchthon. 

You can visit and check out more of Amy's work at her website (amymantravadi.com) and her work for 1517 here.

Happy New Year! Andrew and James catch up on how Christmas and life-in-general went over the past few weeks, and then go through, discuss and reflect upong #10 to #6 of the top 10 most listened to Doth Protest episodes of all time. Then we ran out of time... so a second part going from #5 through #1 will be released soon.

The Rev. Ben Randall, senior associate rector of Galilee Church, Virginia Beach and author of the new book Introducing Anglicanism: A Catechism on the Thirty-Nine Articles joins Andrew and James on the podcast today to talk about his book, along with sharing the story of how he came to faith. 

Shownotes

Link (also above) to purchase the book

Andrew refers to things he read about regarding educational trends getting away from reading in the Atlantic article "The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books"

Andrew mentions the following article in the Anglican Way by (former guest of the podcast) Ben Crosby: "The Thirty-Nine Articles and the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States"