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When Americans tried – and failed – to reunite Christianity

  • Written by David Mislin, Assistant Professor, Intellectual Heritage Program, Temple University
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Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther, a German monk, initiated a split in Christianity that came to be known as the Protestant Reformation. After the Reformation, deep divisions between Protestants and Catholics contributed to wars, hostility and violence in Europe and America. For centuries, each side denounced the...

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