39. Q. What name is most prominent in connection with the Reformation in French Switzerland? A. John Calvin.
40. Q. What work did Calvin publish in 1536, which became the doctrinal standard for all the Reformed Churches of the Continent and Great Britain? A. “The Institutes of the Christian Religion.”
41. Q. By what great reformer was the work, left unfinished by Calvin at his death, taken up? A. Beza.
42. Q. In the history of the Reformation, what honor belongs to England? A. That of having discovered the need of a universal religious regeneration in Europe.
43. Q. In whom did the beginnings of reform in England center? A. Wyckliffe, who was born about 1324.
44. Q. What were Wyckliffe’s greatest services to the coming Reformation? A. First, his translation of the New Testament, and afterward the whole Bible, into English.
45. Q. What was a striking feature of the English Reformation, from the outside? A. Its political character.
46. Q. What three names are prominent in the first period of the English Reformation? A. Colet, Sir Thomas More, and Cranmer.
47. Q. What was the most powerful single agency in bringing about the English Reformation? A. The publication of the Bible in the language of the people.
48. Q. What followed the ascension of Mary to the throne of England? A. A violent persecution of the Protestants, during which, it is estimated, about eight hundred persons were burned at the stake.