A Protestant View of Church History

Sometimes Protestantism is caricatured as the view that the church died, went apostate, or skated off the rails in some way until Martin Luther came along to set things right. Here I outline the actual historic Protestant view, and then give two reasons why it's plausible to think that longstanding errors may have existed throughout church history.


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Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai.

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My books:
--Retrieving Augustine’s Doctrine of Creation: Ancient Wisdom for Current Controversy: https://www.amazon.com/Retrieving-Aug...
--Anselm’s Pursuit of Joy: A Commentary on the Proslogion: https://www.amazon.com/Anselms-Pursui...
--Finding the Right Hills to Die On: The Case for Theological Triage: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Right-...
--Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals: Why We Need Our Past to Have a Future: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Re...