Download or read book History of the Christian Church From the Reformation to the Present Time, Vol. 1 of 4 (Classic Reprint) written by Johann Heinrich Kurtz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Christian Church From the Reformation to the Present Time, Vol. 1 of 4 IN the Reformation Of the sixteenth century, the Germanic spirit, which, until then, had been under the tutelage and disci pline Of the Romish Church, attained to maturity and inde pendence. It fully emancipated itself from the bondage Of its master, who had become an ambitious oppressor, and had made every effort to suppress all independent attempts to secure eccle siastical, theological, and scientific freedom - all movements in favour Of evangelical reforms. In the primitive history Of the Church, the person of Christ was made the centre Of salvation, and the Holy Scriptures were set forth as the source Of all announcements and knowledge Of salvation. The development Of Christianity was impelled in the ancient Church by tradition. 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.