History of the Christian Church, Volume VII. Modern Christianity. The German Reformation

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Schaff, "History of the Christian Church" (in volumes)

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Contents

1. Modern Christianity. German Reformation.
2. The Turning Point of Modern History
3. Protestantism and Romanism
4. Necessity of a Reformation
5. The Preparations for the Reformation
6. The Genius and Aim of the Reformation
7. The Authority of the Scriptures
8. Justification by Faith
9. The Priesthood of the Laity
10. The Reformation and Rationalism
11. Protestantism and Denominationalism.
12. Protestantism and Religious Liberty
13. Religious Intolerance and Liberty in England and America
14. Chronological Limits
15. General Literature on the Reformation
16. Literature of the German Reformation
17. Germany and the Reformation
18. The Luther Literature
19. Luther's Youth and Training
20. Luther in the University of Erfurt
21. Luther's Conversion
22. Luther as a Monk
23. Luther and Staupitz
24. The Victory of Justifying Faith
25. Luther Ordained to the Priesthood
26. Luther in Rome.14
27. The University of Wittenberg
28. Luther as Professor till 1517
29. Luther and Mysticism. The Theologia Germanica
30. The Penitential Psalms. The Eve of the Reformation
31. The Sale of Indulgences
32. Luther and Tetzel
33. The Ninety-five Theses. Oct. 31, 1517
34. The Theses-Controversy. 1518
35. Rome's Interposition. Luther and Prierias. 1518
36. Luther and Cajetan. October, 1518
37. Luther and Miltitz. January, 1519
38. The Leipzig Disputation. June 27-July 15, 1519
39. Philip Melanchthon. Literature (Portrait)
40. Melanchthon's Early Labors
41. Luther and Melanchthon
42. Ulrich von Hutten and Luther
43. Luther's Crusade against Popery. 1520
44. Address to the German Nobility
45. The Babylonian Captivity of the Church. October, 1520
46. Christian Freedom.--Luther's Last Letter to the Pope. October, 1520
47. The bull of Excommunication. June 15, 1520
48. Luther burns the Pope's bull, and forever breaks with Rome. Dec. 10, 1520
49. The Reformation and the Papacy
50. Charles V
51. The Ecclesiastical Policy of Charles V
52. The Abdication of Charles, and his Cloister Life
53. The Diet of Worms. 1521
54. Luther's Journey to Worms
55. Luther's Testimony before the Diet. April 17 and 18, 1521
56. Reflections on Luther's Testimony at Worms
57. Private Conferences with Luther. The Emperors Conduct
58. The Ban of the Empire. May 8 (26), 1521
59. State of Public Opinion. Popular Literature
60. A New Phase in the History of the Reformation
61. Luther at the Wartburg. 1521-1522
62. Luther's Translation of the Bible
63. A Critical Estimate of Luther's Version
64. Melanchthon's Theology
65. Protestant Radicalism. Disturbances at Erfurt
66. The Revolution at Wittenberg. Carlstadt and the New Prophets
67. Luther returns to Wittenberg
68. Luther restores Order in Wittenberg.--The End of Carlstadt
69. The Diets of Nürnberg, a.d. 1522-1524. Adrian VI
70. Luther and Henry VII
71. Erasmus
72. Erasmus and the Reformation
73. The Free-will Controversy. 1524-1527
74. Wilibald Pirkheimer
75. The Peasants' War. 1523-1525
76. The Three Electors
77. Luther's Marriage. 1525
78. Luther's Home Life
79. Reflections on Clerical Family Life
80. Reformation of Public Worship
81. Prominent Features of Evangelical Worship
82. Beginnings of Evangelical Hymnody
83. Common Schools
84. Reconstruction of Church Government and Discipline
85. Enlarged Conception of the Church. Augustin, Wiclif, Hus, Luther
86. Changes in the Views on the Ministry. Departure from the Episcopal Succession. Luther ordains a Deacon, and consecrates a Bishop
87. Relation of Church and State
88. Church Visitation in Saxony
89. Luther's Catechisms. 1529
90. The Typical Catechisms of Protestantism
91. Causes and Means of Progress
92. The Printing-Press and the Reformation
93. Protestantism in Saxony
94. The Reformation in Nürnberg
95. The Reformation in Strassburg. Martin Bucer
96. The Reformation in North Germany
97. Protestantism in Augsburg and South Germany
98. The Reformation in Hesse, and the Synod of Homberg. Philip of Hesse, and Lambert of Avignon
99. The Reformation in Prussia. Duke Albrecht and Bishop Georg Von Polenz
100. Protestant Martyrs
101. Sacerdotalism and Sacramentalism
102. The Anabaptist Controversy. Luther and Huebmaier
103. The Eucharistic Controversy
104. Luther's Theory before the Controversy
105. Luther and Carlstadt
106. Luther and Zwingli
107. The Marburg Conference, a.d. 1529. (With Facsimile of Signatures.
108. The Marburg Conference continued. Discussion and Result
109. Luther's Last Attack on the Sacramentarians. His Relation to Calvin
110. Reflections on the Ethics of the Eucharistic Controversy
111. The Eucharistic Theories compared. Luther, Zwingli, Calvin
112. The First Diet of Speier, and the Beginning of the Territorial System. 1526
113. The Emperor and the Pope. The Sacking of Rome, 1527
114. A War Panic, 1528
115. The Second Diet of Speier, and the Protest of 1529
116. The Reconciliation of the Emperor and the Pope.
117. The Diet of Augsburg
118. The Negotiations, the Recess, the Peace of Nürnberg
119. The Augsburg Confession
120. The Roman Confutation and the Protestant Apology
121. The Tetrapolitan Confession
122. Zwingli's Confession to the Emperor Charles
123. Luther at the Coburg
124. Luther's Public Character, and Position in History
125. Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott