Wyclif

John Wyclif is understood for translating the Vulgate Bible into English, and for disagreeing for the royal divestment of the church, the relief of papal strength and the removal of the friars and opposed to the doctrine of transubstantiation. His concept catalyzed the Lollard stream in England and supplied an ideology for the Hussite revolution in Bohemia.

The American Muhammad

Quickly after Joseph Smith, Jr. , based the Mormon Church in 1830, newspaper editors referred to as him “the American Mahomet,” “Modern Mahomet,” or “Yankee Mahomet. ” within the American Muhammad Alvin Schmidt has undertaken the tough yet informative job of documenting, discussing, and interpreting over seventy parallels that exist among Smith and Muhammad.

Christian Historiography: Five Rival Versions

Christian religion complicates the duty of historic writing. It does so simply because Christianity is without delay deeply ancient and profoundly transhistorical. Christian historians taking on the problem of writing in regards to the earlier have hence struggled to craft a unmarried, identifiable Christian historiography.

John Moschos' Spiritual Meadow: Authority and Autonomy at the End of the Antique World

John Moschos' non secular Meadow is likely one of the most crucial resources for past due sixth-early 7th century Palestinian, Syrian and Egyptian monasticism. This undisputedly important number of necessary stories presents modern society with a fuller photograph of a less than perfect social heritage of this era: it's a wealthy resource for figuring out not just the piety of the monk but additionally the bad farmer.