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Christian Ethics, Protestant and Catholic: 500 Years After the Reformation

The Reformers broke dramatically with the Roman Catholic Church when it came to the doctrines of salvation and ecclesiology. They did not do so with respect to ethics. In fact,…

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Learning about the Lord’s Supper from Roman Catholics 

During the fifty years since Vatican II, Roman Catholic and Reformed Christians have engaged in significant ecumenical dialogue. I have been privileged to be part of some of that dialogue…

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Reformed and Catholic Worship – Are There Any Points of Convergence?

A few years ago, at our end-of-year celebration at the Friendship for people with cognitive impairments, jointly run by Woodlawn CRC and St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Grand…

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From the President: What Can Catholics and Protestants Learn From One Another Today? 

On November 1, 1944, a woman from the Christian Reformed Church married a man from the Catholic Church. The wedding took place in Roseland, Illinois. Even before their wedding, the…

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Faculty Publications – Fall 2017

The Embrace of Building by Lee Hardy, Adjunct Professor of Philosophical Theology The Embrace of Buildings provides an overview of the key factors, topics, and issues in Anglo-American urbanism: the…

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New Faces at Calvin Seminary – Fall 2017

Gary Burge It is a joy and a privilege to join Calvin Seminary’s faculty this fall. I recently completed 25 years on the faculty of Wheaton College where I taught…

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Presidential Reformation Tour 2017 

In March, 2017, President Michael LeRoy of Calvin College and President Jul Medenblik of Calvin Theological Seminary jointly hosted a Reformation Tour of Germany and Switzerland, commemorating the 500th anniversary…

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A New Face at Calvin Seminary – Spring 2017

Laura Palsrok joined Calvin Seminary last fall as the Assistant to the Director of Development. Laura has a B.A. in English and German from Calvin College. Prior to coming here,…

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Reflections 

We have all heard it said that God works in mysterious ways. Often the saying can seem like a cop-out used to avoid reflecting more deeply on God’s ways in…

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