Bibliographies: v 2, p 1527-1551 Includes indexes.

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This volume covers a period of major change that had a lasting impact on art, science, economics, political thought, and education. Rudolph W. Heinze examines the various positions taken by medieval church reformers, explores the efforts of the leading reformer Martin Luther, and emphasises how the reformations brought moral and doctrinal changes to Christianity, permanently altering the religious landscape, then and now.

Excerpt from Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol. 2 It is sufficient to refer to the very remarkable prophecy of Isaiah, (is. Liii. 4, in which he foretells that he was smitten for our iniquities that the chastisement of our peace was upon him that as a priest he was made an Offering for sin that by his stripes we are healed that as all like lost sheep have gone astray, it pleased the Lord to bruise him and put him to grief, that he might bear our iniquities. After hearing that Christ was divinely appointed to bring relief to miserable sinners, whoso overleaps these limits gives too much indulgence to a foolish curiosity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.