One of the areas of study I continually come back to is church history. My collection of history books is always growing (partly because there’s always more story to tell). But there are some volumes I keep coming back to. One of those, is Church History in Plain Language.1

Years ago, I remember reading about the events of the Catholic Reformation, itself a response to what we know today as the Protestant Reformation. it was in that era that Ignatius of Loyola founded the society of monks we...