Chapter II
Christianity After the Death of the Apostles
Early Apostasy
Some Continue Apostolic Practice
The Development of the Catholic Church
Corruption and Moral Decay
Catholicism in Power
The Culmination and Decline of Papal Prestige
Chapter III
Precursors of the Reformation
The Work of John Wyclif
The Hussite Revival
Jerome Savonarola
Chapter IV
Immediate Causes of the Reformation
Political and Financial Causes for Reform
The Renaissance
Religious Abuses Calling For Reform
The Debauched Clergy
Had God's True Church Become Corrupted?
Chapter V
Luther's Revolt Against Rome
Luther's Early Life
Luther's Own Spiritual Upheaval
Luther Felt Unable to Obey God
His Disillusionment With the Papacy
The Heart of Luther's Theology
The Doctrine of Indulgences
The Indulgence for St. Peter's in Rome
Luther's Final Break With Rome
Chapter VI
The Beginning of Lutheranism
Luther's Doctrinal Development
Luther at Worms and at the Wartburg
Continuing Reformation at Wittenberg
Carlstadt's Reforms
Luther's Alliance with the Princes
A Rift in Luther's Party
The Peasants' War
Luther Advocates Violent Suppression
The Division of Germany
Chapter VII
The Growth of Lutheranism
Protestants Acknowledge Their Unity with Roman System
Luther Now Urges War
Luther Condones Bigamy
Now Luther Counsels a Lie
Luther's Death
The Reformation Settlement
Chapter VIII
The Zwinglian Reform
Zwingli's Doctrinal Development
Rapid Changes Occur
Zwingli's Basic Doctrinal Position
The Controversy Over the Lord's Supper
The Final Meeting of Luther and Zwingli
Zwingli's Death
Why Zwingli Died in Battle
Chapter IX
The Reformation Under John Calvin
Calvin's "Institutes"
Calvin's Doctrinal Position Examined
Calvin's Idea of Predestination
Calvin at Geneva
Calvin's Return to Geneva
The Calvinistic Discipline
Calvin's Last Days
Calvin's Death and the Spread of His Doctrines
Chapter X
The English Revolt
King Henry VIII
The Marriage Question
The Break with Rome
Theological Developments
King Henry's Marital Escapades
Protestantism Advanced Under Edward VI
Bloody Queen Mary's Reign
English Protestantism Established
Summary
Chapter XI
The Bible and the Reformation
Nationalism and Lust
Violent Methods of the Reformers
The Burning of Michael Servetus
Did Calvin Act in Haste or Ignorance?
The Reason for Protestant Violence and Persecutions
Protestant Contradictions
Rejecting or Distorting Scripture
The Protestants Followed Rome
God Identifies the Catholic Church
The Prophecy Fulfilled
The Protestant Movement Identified
The Real Meaning of the Reformation
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