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Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism, by Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom (Baker Academic, 272 pp., $24.99)

‘FOR my part, Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.” Thus spake, not quite correctly, Dr. Johnson. In this excellent new book, however, historian Mark A. Noll and freelance writer Carolyn Nystrom make the case that while the differences are far from trivial, there is a growing sense among committed Catholics and evangelicals that they are not central either. Over the past half-century, the underlying unity among Christians has become evident to a degree that would have shocked observers as recently as 1960.

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Michael Potemra was a literary editor for National Review.

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Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism, by Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom (Baker Academic, 272 pp., $24.99)

‘FOR my part, Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.” Thus spake, not quite correctly, Dr. Johnson. In this excellent new book, however, historian Mark A. Noll and freelance writer Carolyn Nystrom make the case that while the differences are far from trivial, there is a growing sense among committed Catholics and evangelicals that they are not central either. Over the past half-century, the underlying unity among Christians has become evident to a degree that would have shocked observers as recently as 1960.