D.G. Hart reviews “Martin Luther: Visionary Reformer” by Scott H. Hendrix and “Brand Luther: 1517, Printing, and the Making of the Reformation” by Andrew Pettegree ...

Colin Woodard’s new book, “American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good,” will be published in March. In the conventional survey course ...

Discover how the press helped launch movements like the Reformation and evolved into the digital tools we use today. Interesting Engineering Posted: March 21, 2025 | Last updated: March 21, 2025 ...

The 10th chapter of Wiker’s book explores this question in further detail, with further insight: “The Invention of the Printing Press Was a Blessing (and a Curse) for the Reformation.” ...

It is hard to believe, but Tuesday is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, an event that would likely never achieved much had the same events occurred 50-80 years or less earlier.

Many, including Martin Luther, the seminal leader of the Protestant Reformation himself, worried the printing press would destroy society by allowing misinformation, or — in 15th-century jargon ...

Thanks to the printing press and the timely power of his message, Luther became the world’s first best-selling author. Luther’s translation of the New Testament into German sold 5,000 copies ...

So when, in the mid-15th century, Gutenberg invented the printing press, ... How did it change Europe’s relationship with the church, and give rise to the Reformation?

SAINTS & ART: Jesuit missionary St. Peter Canisius leveraged the printing press to counter Protestant errors and spread Catholic teaching.