{"product_id":"was-the-reformation-a-mistake-why-catholic-doctrine-is-not-unbiblical-9780310530718","title":"Was the Reformation a Mistake?: Why Catholic Doctrine Is Not Unbiblical","description":"\u003cp\u003eWas the Reformation a mistake?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its actual historical context, it hardly seems fair to call the Reformation a \"mistake.\" In 1517, the Church was in need of a spiritual and theological reform. The issues raised by Renaissance humanism - and by the profound corruption of the Church's leaders, the Avignon papacy, and the Great Schism in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries - lingered unresolved. What were key theological problems that led to the Reformation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheologian Matthew Levering helps readers see these questions from a Catholic perspective. Surveying nine key themes - Scripture, Mary, the Eucharist, the Seven Sacraments, monasticism, justification and merit, purgatory, saints, and papacy - he examines the positions of Martin Luther and makes a case that the Catholic position is biblically defensible once one allows for the variety of biblically warranted modes of interpreting Scripture. At the same time, Levering makes clear that he cannot \"prove\" the Catholic case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes with a spirited response by \"mere Protestant\" theologian Kevin J. Vanhoozer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zondervan Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780310530718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Matthew Levering","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52491302699189,"sku":"9780310530718","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f0cc4b38-beb1-4856-b48c-3eaa2a5272ac.jpg?v=1777995641","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/was-the-reformation-a-mistake-why-catholic-doctrine-is-not-unbiblical-9780310530718","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}