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In light of the 500th year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, we conducted short interviews with both Protestant and Catholic thinkers, getting their thoughts on the causes, consequences and significance of the Reformation (see our interview with a Protestant here). The following interview with Eric Demeuse, PhD Candidate in theology at Marquette University, provides a Catholic perspective on the Reformation. Question: Why should a Catholic care about the Reformation?

Is it possible to have empirical evidence for the existence of God? One sometimes hears statements to the effect that this is impossible, since God himself (if he exists at all) is immaterial. How could we have evidence, by means of the senses, for the existence of a being who is utterly immaterial? Then, too, most theists would say that God is very different from ourselves. Would it not be impossible to have empirical evidence for God’s existence, given that he is unlike us

With Reformation Day less than a week past, there linger important questions about a revolutionary time in history that has dramatically affected theology, philosophy, and the expression of the church over the last 500 years. We conducted short interviews with both Protestant and Catholic thinkers on causes, repercussions, and explanations for the Protestant Reformation. What follows is a conversation about the protestant perspective with Zachary Derr, adjunct professor from