Reformation

Reconstruct the late-medieval crisis of 1450 to 1517 and the two divergent tracks of response (humanist-Reformational and scholastic-Catholic) that emerged from it, accounting for the shared late-medieval genealogy of both tracks and the methodological fork (ad fontes versus sicut et semper) that drove them apart.

Articulate the French Reformation under Lefèvre d'Étaples and Guillaume Farel as a genuinely pre-Lutheran movement, situating the Meaux Circle and the early French biblical translation work in its proper historical and theological context.

Analyse Luther's theological breakthrough and the German Reformation (1517 to 1546) in its political, ecclesial, and pastoral dimensions, including the formation of the Augsburg Confession.

Distinguish the Magisterial Reformation (Luther, Zwingli, Bucer, Calvin, Cranmer) from the Radical Reformation (Anabaptists), explaining the theological and ecclesial discontinuities between Continental Anabaptism and the later English Particular Baptists, who arose independently from English Separatism and Independency rather than from any Anabaptist lineage.

Evaluate the Reformed tradition's consolidation in Geneva under Calvin and Beza, and its expansion into France, the Netherlands, Scotland, and England, identifying the points at which Reformed orthodoxy crystallised confessionally.

Assess the Catholic Counter-Reformation (Trent, Jesuits, mystical theology) and the European Wars of Religion (1546 to 1648) on their own historical terms, while engaging the theological judgements at stake.

Trace the English Reformation, the Puritan era, the Westminster Assembly, and the Particular Baptist consolidation that produced the 1689 LBCF, demonstrating how this trajectory shaped confessional Reformed Baptist identity.

Communicate historical scholarship in written and oral academic form with precision, charity, primary-source fidelity, and pastoral sensitivity.