My thanks are again due to my colleague, Dr. Denney, and to another friend, for the care they have taken in revising the proof sheets, and for many valuable suggestions.
THOMAS M. LINDSAY.
January, 1907.
[CONTENTS]
BOOK III.
THE REFORMED CHURCHES.
CHAPTER I. | ||
Introduction. | ||
| PAGE | ||
| § 1. | The limitations of the Peace of Augsburg | [1] |
| § 2. | The Reformation outside Germany | [5] |
| § 3. | The Reformed type of Doctrine | [6] |
| § 4. | The Reformed ideal of Ecclesiastical Government | [7] |
| § 5. | The influence of Humanism on the Reformed Churches | [9] |
| § 6. | What the Reformed Churches owed to Luther | [13] |
| § 7. | National Characteristics as they affected the Reformation | [18] |
CHAPTER II. | ||
The Reformation in Switzerland under Zwingli. | ||
| § 1. | The political condition of Switzerland | [21] |
| § 2. | Zwingli’s youth and education | [24] |
| § 3. | Zwingli at Glarus and at Einsiedeln | [27] |
| § 4. | Zwingli in Zurich | [29] |
| § 5. | The Public Disputations | [33] |
| § 6. | The Reformation outside Zurich | [38] |
| In Basel—Oecolampadius and William Farel | [38] | |
| In Bern—The Ten Theses | [40] | |
| In Appenzell and other Cantons | [46] | |
| The Christian Civic League (Protestant). The Christian Union (Romanist) | [48] | |
| § 7. | The Sacramental Controversy | [52] |
CHAPTER III. | ||
The Reformation in Geneva under Calvin. | ||
| § 1. | Geneva | [61] |
| § 2. | The Reformation in Western Switzerland | [66] |
| Farel and his band of evangelists | [71] | |
| § 3. | Farel in Geneva | [74] |
| Bern, Freiburg, and Geneva | [77] | |
| The Public Disputation and the Thèses Évangéliques | [85] | |
| § 4. | Calvin: Youth and education | [92] |
| Christianæ Religionis Institutio | [99] | |
| § 5. | Calvin with Farel in Geneva | [102] |
| Articuli de regimine ecclesiæ—Discipline in the Church | [105] | |
| The theologians of Eastern Switzerland and excommunication | [110] | |
| Calvin and Farel banished from Geneva | [120] | |
| Calvin recalled to Geneva—Les ordonnances ecclésiastiques de l’Église de Genève | [128] | |
| What Calvin did for Geneva | [131] | |
CHAPTER IV. | ||
The Reformation in France. | ||
| § 1. | Marguerite d’Angoulême and the “group of Meaux” | [136] |
| § 2. | Attempts to repress the movement for Reform | [144] |
| § 3. | Change in the character of the movement for Reform | [151] |
| § 4. | Calvin and his influence in France | [153] |
| § 5. | Persecution under Henry II. | [161] |
| § 6. | The organisation of the French Protestant Church | [164] |
| § 7. | Reaction against persecution | [169] |
| § 8. | The higher aristocracy won for the Reformation in France | [171] |
| § 9. | France ruled by the Guises | [173] |
| § 10. | Catherine de’ Medici becomes Regent | [178] |
| § 11. | The Conference at Poissy | [186] |
| § 12. | The massacre at Vassy | [189] |
| § 13. | The beginning of the Wars of Religion | [191] |
| § 14. | The massacre of St. Bartholomew | [198] |
| § 15. | The Huguenot resistance after the massacre | [200] |
| § 16. | The beginnings of the League | [205] |
| § 17. | The League becomes disloyal | [207] |
| § 18. | The day of Barricades | [211] |
| § 19. | The King takes refuge with the Huguenots | [214] |
| § 20. | The Declaration of Henry IV. | [217] |
| § 21. | Henry IV. becomes a Roman Catholic | [219] |
| § 22. | The Edict of Nantes | [221] |
CHAPTER V. | ||
The Reformation in the Netherlands. | ||
| § 1. | The political situation | [ 224] |
| § 2. | The beginnings of the Reformation | [ 228] |
| § 3. | The Anabaptists in the Netherlands | [ 234] |
| § 4. | Philip of Spain and the Netherlands | [ 240] |
| § 5. | William of Orange | [ 254] |
CHAPTER VI. | ||
The Reformation in Scotland. | ||
| Preparation for the Reformation | [ 274] | |
| Lollardy in Scotland | [ 276] | |
| Lutheran writings in Scotland | [ 279] | |
| The Beginnings of the Reformation | [ 282] | |
| George Wishart | [ 284] | |
| John Knox, early work in Scotland | [ 285] | |
| Knox in England, in Switzerland, and at Frankfurt | [ 286] | |
| The “Band subscrived by the Lords.” “The Congregation” | [ 289] | |
| Knox’s final return to Scotland | [ 293] | |
| Knox and Cecil. The English alliance | [ 294] | |
| The Scots Confession of Faith | [ 302] | |
| The First Book of Discipline, or the Policie and Discipline of the Church. The Book of Common Order | [304] | |
| Return of Queen Mary to Scotland | [ 309] | |