1. Home
  2. Resources
  3. Publications
  4. The Reformation

The Reformation

Publication

  • June 2017

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith…not by works”
EPHESIANS 2:8-9

The Reformation marks the beginning of the modern era and was “the greatest revival of the Christian church since Pentecost”.

Today, 500 years since the Reformation began, Christians still have much to learn from its story…

References

References

  1. 1Schaff, P, History of the Christian Church, volume 7: The German Reformation, 2nd edition revised, Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 2002, page 3; ‘Martin Luther and the growing Protestant movement’, A survey of Church History, Part 3 A.D. 1500-1600: A Teaching Series by Dr W Robert Godfrey, Ligonier Ministries, see http://www.ligonier.org/learn/series/a-survey-of-church-history-part-3/martin-luther-and-growing-protestant-movement/ as at 12 July 2017
  2. 2Reeves, M, The Unquenchable Flame, Inter-Varsity Press, 2011, pages 12-15
  3. 3Allen, M, ‘Sanctification, Perseverance and Assurance’, in Barrett, M (Ed.) Reformation Theology: A Systematic Summary, Crossway, 2017, page 555; Bray, G, ‘Late-Medieval Theology’, in Barrett, M (Ed.) Op cit, page 106; Schaff, P, Op cit, page 8; Bainton, R, Here I Stand, Lion Publishing, 1983, pages 74-75, 154-155
  4. 4Ferguson, S B, Beeke, J R and Haykin, M A G, Church History 101, Reformation Heritage Books, 2016, pages 73-74
  5. 5Ibid, pages 78-79
  6. 6Ibid, page 75; Schaff, P, Op cit, page 3; Atherstone, A, Reformation: A World in Turmoil, Lion Books, 2015, page 1
  7. 7Needham, N, 2000 Years of Christ’s Power, Vol III, Grace Publications Trust, 2004 pages 67-68
  8. 8Ibid, pages 68-70, 89
  9. 9Bainton, R, Op cit, pages 79-83; Ibid, pages 74-75
  10. 10Ferguson, S B, Beeke, J R and Haykin, M A G, Op cit, pages 77-78
  11. 11Needham, N, Op cit, pages 93-95, 86-7
  12. 12Reeves, M, Op cit, page 42
  13. 13Needham, N, Op cit, page 91
  14. 14Ibid, page 97
  15. 15Ibid, page 98; Lindsay, T, Martin Luther: The Man Who Started the Reformation, Christian Focus Publications, 2004, page 106; Bainton, R, Op cit, page 185
  16. 16Needham, N, Op cit, pages 100-101
  17. 17Ferguson, S B, Beeke, J R and Haykin, M A G, Op cit, page 78-79
  18. 18Reeves, M, Op cit, pages 51, 65, 110
  19. 19Ibid, pages 48, 50-51
  20. 20Ibid, pages 63-67, 71
  21. 21Ibid, page 102
  22. 22Needham, N, Op cit, page 234; Ferguson, S B, Beeke, J R and Haykin, M A G, Op cit, pages 78-79
  23. 23Psalm 19:7; John 17:17; Hebrews 6:18; Hebrews 2:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:23; 2 Timothy 3:16; Isaiah 8:20; Acts 17:11; John 3:16
  24. 24Psalm 130:3; Romans 3:20, 22; Ephesians 2:8-10
  25. 25Romans 5:1; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Peter 4:11b, 14; Ephesians 1:12
  26. 26Needham, N, Op cit, pages 92-93
  27. 27Ibid, pages 117-118
  28. 28Helm, P, The Callings: The Gospel in the World, Banner of Truth, 1987, pages 57-60; Needham, N, Op cit, page 122; Bainton, R, Op cit, pages 233)
  29. 29Nicholls, S, Martin Luther: a guided tour of his life & thought, P&R Publishing Compnay, 2002, page 135; Needham, N, Op cit, page 123
  30. 30Nicholls, S, Op cit, page 132
  31. 31Luther, M, The Epistles of St Peter and St Jude preached and explained by Martin Luther, Gillett, E H translated, Anson D F Randolph, 1859, page 106
  32. 32Bainton, R, Op cit, page 152; Ferguson, S B, Beeke, J R and Haykin, M A G, Op cit, pages 54, 65; Needham, N, Op cit, pages 118-120; Lillback, P A, ‘The Relationship of Church and State’, in Barrett, M (Ed.) Reformation Theology: A Systematic Summary, Crossway, 2017, pages 686-687
  33. 33Bainton, R, Op cit, page 243; Reeves, M, Op cit, page 91
  34. 34Calvin, J, Institutes of the Christian Religion (1541 edition), Banner of Truth, 2014, pages 794-795
  35. 35Lillback, P A, Op cit, pages 693-694; Reeves, M, Op cit, pages 81, 103, 106
  36. 36Lillback, P A, Op cit, pages 688, 709, 714-715; The first edition of John Foxe’s Acts and Monuments (popularly known as the Book of Martyrs) was published in 1563; Needham, N, Op cit, page 397-398
  37. 37Needham, N, Op cit, pages 324, 355
  38. 38Schaff, P, Op cit, page 322
  39. 39Needham, N, Op cit, pages 475-4777
  40. 40Ibid, pages 342, 346
  41. 41McCrie, T, History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in Italy in the Sixteenth Century: including a Sketch of the History of the Reformation in the Grisons, Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1842, pages 179-180, 190, 192-193, 205, 234
  42. 42Needham, N, Op cit, page 376
  43. 43Ferguson, S B, Beeke, J R and Haykin, M A G, Op cit, page 80
  44. 44‘Tyndale and the Early Reformers’, The English Reformation and the Puritans: A Teaching Series by Michael Reeves, Ligonier Ministries, see http://www.ligonier.org/learn/series/the-english-reformation-and-the-puritans/tyndale-and-the-early-reformers/ as at 12 July 2017
  45. 45‘William Tyndale’s New Testament’, The British Library, see https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/william-tyndales-new-testament as at 13 July 2017; Needham, N, Op cit, page 379
  46. 46Needham, N, Op cit, page 381
  47. 47Daniell, D, William Tyndale: A biography, Yale University Press, 2001, page 383
  48. 48Needham, N, Op cit, page 385
  49. 49Ibid, page 387; Reeves, M, Op cit, page 124
  50. 50Needham, N, Op cit, page 391
  51. 51Ibid, pages 395-396
  52. 52Hamer, C, Thomas Cranmer, Evangelical Press, 2012, page 100; Reeves, M, Op cit, page 132
  53. 53Needham, N, Op cit, page 400
  54. 54Murray, I H, A Scottish Christian Heritage, Banner of Truth, 2006, pages 6-7, 15-16
  55. 55Ibid, pages 16-17
  56. 56Ibid, pages 17-19
  57. 57Ibid, pages 18-19, 29
  58. 58Romans 12:2
  59. 59Revelation 5:12; Hebrews 13:15
  60. 601 Corinthians 10:31
  61. 61Isaiah 6:3; 2 Kings 19:15
  62. 62Romans 13; Mark 12:31; Ephesians 5:25