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August 12, 2021

Medieval prayer comes alive at AGO exhibit

Master Kip (who may have been Jean Poillevé) created this Folding Prayer Book: The Lord’s Prayer in the mid-16th century.

A small show full of small items on now at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto opens up a vast world of medieval mystical experience.

Published in Arts News
June 1, 2017

Martin Luther used medieval traditions to form his stance on justification

A portrait of Martin Luther at "Luther and the Shaping of the Catholic Tradition" conference held at the Catholic University of America in Washington May 30-June 1. Rev. Theodor Dieter, director of the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Germany, says Luther used two used two medieval traditions to form his position on justification.

WASHINGTON – Martin Luther used two medieval traditions to form his position on justification – a stance that nearly 500 years later ultimately found acceptance among Catholics, according to a German Lutheran theologian and pastor.

Published in Vatican