Reformation Heroes
Reformation Heroes

Author: Diana Kleyn

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9781601780645

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The Reformation did not happen instantaneously; it was something God patiently arranged over a number of years. As you read this book, you will learn how the Lord used some people to plant the seeds of church reform long before October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther published his ninety-five theses. Luther's story is well-known; we trust you will find it interesting and instructive to read about him and about forty others (John Knox, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Zacharias Ursinus, Willem Teellinck, etc.) who contributed to the Reformation - some well known and others not so - most of whom are Reformation heroes.To provide a more full picture of the many sided Reformation, chapters are also included on the Anabaptist and Counter Reformation movements. The book concludes with a brief summary of the influence of the Reformation in different areas of life.

Heroes & Heretics
Heroes & Heretics

Author: Phillip Campbell

Publisher: Tan Books

Published: 2017-09

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781505108705

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It was a tumultuous time, filled with heroes, heretics, and some who were a little bit of both. It was a time of destruction and rebuilding. Some sincerely sought reform while others sought merely to profit by it, and some--perhaps too few--used the events of the time to become saints.

Philipp of Hesse
Philipp of Hesse

Author: John Helmke

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09-25

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780758661968

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Just five months after Martin Luther published his Ninety-Five Theses, 13--year-old Philipp was declared Landgrave of Hesse, ruler of one of the most powerful principalities of the Holy Roman Empire. To some, he was heroic. To others, he was despised as scandalous. This book features a comprehensive look at the life and role of Philipp during the Reformation. Students and adults interested in historical biographies, in the history of the Church, and in the Reformation will benefit from this thorough review of his life and his role.

Martin Luther as Prophet, Teacher, and Hero
Martin Luther as Prophet, Teacher, and Hero

Author: Robert Kolb

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 1999-12

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13:

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A study of Martin Luther's legacy explains how the view of Luther as prophet, teacher, and hero shaped the thought and action of his followers.

Heretics and Heroes
Heretics and Heroes

Author: Thomas Cahill

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2013-10-29

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 0385534167

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The New York Times bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization reveals how the innovations of the Renaissance and the Reformation changed the Western world. • “Cahill is our king of popular historians.” —The Dallas Morning News This was an age in which whole continents and peoples were discovered. It was an era of sublime artistic and scientific adventure, but also of newly powerful princes and armies—and of unprecedented courage, as thousands refused to bow their heads to the religious pieties of the past. In these exquisitely written and lavishly illustrated pages, Cahill illuminates, as no one else can, the great gift-givers who shaped our history—those who left us a world more varied and complex, more awesome and delightful, more beautiful and strong than the one they had found.

The End of Protestantism
The End of Protestantism

Author: Peter J. Leithart

Publisher: Brazos Press

Published: 2016-10-18

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1493405837

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The Failure of Denominationalism and the Future of Christian Unity One of the unforeseen results of the Reformation was the shattering fragmentation of the church. Protestant tribalism was and continues to be a major hindrance to any solution to Christian division and its cultural effects. In this book, influential thinker Peter Leithart critiques American denominationalism in the context of global and historic Christianity, calls for an end to Protestant tribalism, and presents a vision for the future church that transcends post-Reformation divisions. Leithart offers pastors and churches a practical agenda, backed by theological arguments, for pursuing local unity now. Unity in the church will not be a matter of drawing all churches into a single, existing denomination, says Leithart. Returning to Catholicism or Orthodoxy is not the solution. But it is possible to move toward church unity without giving up our convictions about truth. This critique and defense of Protestantism urges readers to preserve and celebrate the central truths recovered in the Reformation while working to heal the wounds of the body of Christ.

Characters of the Reformation
Characters of the Reformation

Author: Hilaire Belloc

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-11-13

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1387366815

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Hilaire Belloc's landmark study Characters of the Reformation argues that Western Europe's break from the Catholic Church was driven by a land-grab and looting of Church property by European noblemen. Belloc has little admiration for the so-called leaders of the time and credits the Reformation to behind-the-scenes players. Each chapter is a mini-biography and individuals covered include Anne Boleyn, Pope Clement the Seventh, Cecil, Richelieu, Laud, Oliver Cromwell, Descartes, Pascal and more.