History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation

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

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Postscript
3. Switzerland before the Reformation
4. The Swiss Reformation
5. The Genius of the Swiss Reformation compared with the German
6. Literature on the Swiss Reformation
7. The Zwingli Literature
8. Zwingli's Birth and Education
9. Zwingli in Glarus
10. Zwingli in Einsiedeln
11. Zwingli and Luther
12. Zwingli called to Zurich
13. Zwingli's Public Labors and Private Studies
14. Zwingli and the Sale of Indulgences
15. Zwingli during the Pestilence
16. The Open Breach. Controversy about Fasts. 1522
17. Petition for the Abolition of Clerical Celibacy. Zwingli's Marriage
18. Zwingli and Lambert of Avignon
19. The Sixty-seven Conclusions
20. The Public Disputations. 1523
21. The Abolition of the Roman Worship. 1524
22. The Reformed Celebration of the Lord's Supper
23. Other Changes. A Theological School. The Carolinum. A System of Theology
24. The Translation of the Bible. Leo Judae
25. Church and State
26. Zwingli's Conflict with Radicalism
27. The Baptismal Controversy
28. Persecution of the Anabaptists
29. The Eucharistic Controversy. Zwingli and Luther
30. The Works of Zwingli
31. The Theology of Zwingli
32. The Swiss Diet and the Conference at Baden, 1526
33. The Reformation in Berne
34. The Reformation in Basel. Oecolampadius
35. The Reformation in Glarus. Tschudi. Glarean
36. The Reformation in St. Gall, Toggenburg, and Appenzell. Watt and Kessler
37. Reformation in Schaffhausen. Hofmeister
38. The Grisons (Graubünden)
39. The Reformation in the Grisons. Comander. Gallicius. Campell
40. The Reformation in the Italian Valleys of the Grisons. Vergerio
41. Protestantism in Chiavenna and the Valtellina, and its Suppression
42. The Congregation of Locarno
43. Zwinglianism in Germany
44. The First War of Cappel. 1529
45. The First Peace of Cappel. June, 1529
46. Between the Wars. Political Plains of Zwingli
47. Zwingli's Last Theological Labors. His Confessions of Faith
48. The Second War of Cappel. 1531
49. The Death of Zwingli
50. Reflections on the Disaster at Cappel
51. The Second Peace of Cappel. November, 1531
52. The Roman Catholic Reaction
53. The Relative Strength of the Confessions in Switzerland
54. Zwingli. Redivivus
55. Literature
56. Heinrich Bullinger. 1504-1575
57. Antistes Breitinger (1575-1645)
58. Oswald Myconius, Antistes of Basel
59. The Helvetic Confessions of Faith
60. Literature on Calvin and the Reformation in French Switzerland
61. The Condition of French Switzerland before the Reformation
62. William Farel (1489-1565)
63. Farel at Geneva. First Act of the Reformation (1535)
64. The Last Labors of Farel
65. Peter Viret and the Reformation in Lausanne
66. Antoine Froment
67. John Calvin compared with the Older Reformers
68. Calvin's Place in History
69. Calvin's Literary Labors
70. Tributes to the Memory of Calvin
71. Calvin's Youth and Training
72. Calvin as a Student in the French Universities. a.d. 1528-1533
73. Calvin as a Humanist. Commentary on Seneca
74. Calvin's Conversion. 1532
75. Calvin's Call
76. The Open Rupture. An Academic Oration. 1533
77. Persecution of the Protestants in Paris. 1534
78. Calvin as a Wandering Evangelist. 1533-1536
79. The Sleep of the Soul. 1534
80. Calvin at Basel. 1535 to 1536
81. Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
82. From Basel to Ferrara. The Duchess Renée
83. Calvin's First Sojourn And Labors In Geneva. 1536-1538
84. Calvin's Arrival and Settlement at Geneva
85. First Labors and Trials
86. The Reformers introduce Order and Discipline
87. Expulsion of the Reformers. 1538
88. Calvin in Strassburg
89. The Church of the Strangers in Strassburg
90. The Liturgy of Calvin
91. Calvin as Theological Teacher and Author
92. Calvin at the Colloquies of Frankfurt, Worms, and Regensburg
93. Calvin and Melanchthon
94. Calvin and Sadolet. The Vindication of the Reformation
95. Calvin's Marriage and Home Life
96. The State of Geneva after the expulsion of the Reformers
97. Calvin's Recall to Geneva
98. Calvin's Return to Geneva. 1541
99. The First Years after the Return
100. Survey of Calvin's Activity
101. Literature
102. Calvin's Idea of the Holy Catholic Church
103. The Visible and Invisible Church
104. The Civil Government
105. Distinctive Principles of Calvin's Church Polity
106. Church and State
107. The Ecclesiastical Ordinances
108. The Venerable Company and the Consistory
109. Calvin's Theory of Discipline
110. The Exercise of Discipline in Geneva
111. Calvin's Struggle with the Patriots and Libertines
112. The Leaders of the Libertines and their punishment: -- Gruet, Perrin, Ameaux, Vandel, Berthelier
113. Geneva Regenerated. Testimonies Old and New
114. Calvin's Commentaries
115. The Calvinistic System
116. Predestination
117. Calvinism examined
118. Calvin's Theory of the Sacraments
119. Baptism
120. The Lord's Supper. The Consensus of Zuerich
121. Calvin as a Controversialist
122. Calvin and Pighius
123. The Anti-Papal Writings. Criticism of the Council of Trent. 1547
124. Against the German Interim. 1549
125. Against the Worship of Relics. 1543
126. The Articles of the Sorbonne with an Antidote. 1544
127. Calvin and the Nicodemites. 1544
128. Calvin and Bolsec
129. Calvin and Castellio
130. Calvinism and Unitarianism. The Italian Refugees
131. Calvin and Laelius Socinus
132. Bernardino Ochino. 1487-1565
133. Caelius Secundus Curio. 1503-1569
134. The Italian Antitrinitarians in Geneva. Gribaldo, Biandrata, Alciati, Gentile
135. The Eucharistic Controversies. Calvin and Westphal
136. Calvin and the Augsburg Confession. Melanchthon's Position in the Second Eucharistic Controversy
137. Calvin and Heshusius
138. Calvin and the Astrologers
139. The Servetus Literature
140. Calvin and Servetus
141. Catholic Intolerance
142. Protestant Intolerance. Judgments of the Reformers on Servetus
143. The Early Life of Servetus
144. The Book against the Holy Trinity
145. Servetus as a Geographer
146. Servetus as a Physician, Scientist, and Astrologer
147. Servetus at Vienne. His Annotations to the Bible
148. Correspondence of Servetus with Calvin and Poupin
149. “The Restitution of Christianity”
150. The Theological System of Servetus
151. The Trial and Condemnation of Servetus at Vienne
152. Servetus flees to Geneva and is arrested
153. State of Political Parties at Geneva in 1553
154. The First Act of the Trial at Geneva
155. The Second Act of the Trial at Geneva
156. Consultation of the Swiss Churches. The Defiant Attitude of Servetus
157. Condemnation of Servetus
158. Execution of Servetus. Oct. 27, 1553
159. The Character of Servetus
160. Calvin's Defence of the Death Penalty for Heretics
161. A Plea for Religious Liberty. Castellio and Beza
162. Calvin's Catholicity of Spirit
163. Geneva an Asylum for Protestants from all Countries
164. The Academy of Geneva. The High School of Reformed Theology
165. Calvin's Influence upon the Reformed Churches of the Continent
166. Calvin's Influence upon Great Britain
167. Calvin's Last Days and Death
168. Calvin's Last Will, and Farewells
169. Calvin's Personal Character and Habits
170. Theodore Beza
171. Life of Beza to his Conversion
172. Beza at Lausanne and as a Delegate to the German Princes
173. Beza at Geneva
174. Beza at the Colloquy of Poissy.
175. Beza as the Counsellor of the Huguenot Leaders
176. Beza as the Successor of Calvin, down to 1586
177. Beza's Conferences with Lutherans
178. Beza and Henry IV
179. Beza's Last Days
180. Beza's Writings
181. Appendix