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History of Protestantism Volume 1

Book 1: Progress from the First to the Fourteenth Century

Chapter 1: Protestantism

Chapter 2: Declension of the Early Christian Church

Chapter 3: Development of the Papacy from the Times of Constantine to those of Hildebrand

Chapter 4: Development of the Papacy from Gregory VII. to Boniface VIII.

Chapter 5: Mediaeval Protestant Witnesses

Chapter 6: The Waldenses - Their Valleys

Chapter 7: The Waldenses - Their Missions and Martyrdoms

Chapter 8: The Paulicians

Chapter 9: Crusades Against the Albigenses

Chapter 10: Erection of Tribunal of Inquisition

Chapter 11: Protestants Before Protestantism

Chapter 12: Abelard, and Rise of Modern Skepticism

Book 2: Wicliffe and his Times, or Advent of Protestantism

Chapter 1: Wicliffe - His Birth and Education

Chapter 2: Wicliffe, and the Pope’s Encroachments on England

Chapter 3: Wicliffe’s Battle with Rome for England’s Independence

Chapter 4: Wicliffe’s Battle with the Mendicant Friars

Chapter 5: The Friars Versus the Gospel in England

Chapter 6: The Battle of the Parliament with the Pope

Chapter 7: Persecution of Wicliffe by the Pope and the Hierarchy

Chapter 8: Hierarchical Persecution of Wicliffe Resumed

Chapter 9: Wicliffe’s Views on Church Property and Church Reform

Chapter 10: The Translation of the Scriptures, or the English Bible

Chapter 11: Wicliffe and Transubstantiation

Chapter 12: Wicliffe’s Appeal to Parliament

Chapter 13: Wicliffe Before Convocation in Person, and Before the Roman Curia by Letter

Chapter 14: Wicliffe’s Last Days

Chapter 15: Wicliffe’s Theological and Church System

Book 3: John Huss and the Hussite Wars

Chapter 1: Birth, Education, and First Labours of Huss

Chapter 2: Huss Begins his Warfare Against Rome

Chapter 3: Growing Opposition of Huss to Rome

Chapter 4: Preparations for the Council of Constance

Chapter 5: Deposition of the Rival Popes

Chapter 6: Imprisonment and Examination of Huss

Chapter 7: Condemnation and Martyrdom of Huss

Chapter 8: Wicliffe and Huss Compared in their Theology, their Character, and their Labours

Chapter 9: Trial and Temptation of Jerome

Chapter 10: The Trial of Jerome

Chapter 11: Condemnation and Burning of Jerome

Chapter 12: Wicliffe, Huss, and Jerome, or the First Three Witnesses of Modern Christendom

Chapter 13: The Hussite Wars

Chapter 14: Commencement of the Hussite Wars

Chapter 15: Marvellous Genius of Ziska as a General

Chapter 16: Second Crusade Against Bohemia

Chapter 17: Brilliant Successes of the Hussites

Chapter 18: The Council of Basle

Chapter 19: Last Scenes of the Bohemian Reformation

Book 4: Christendom at the Opening of the Sixteenth Century

Chapter 1: Protestantism and Medievalism

Chapter 2: The Empire

Chapter 3: The Papacy, or Christendom Under the Tiara

Book 5: History of Protestantism in Germany to the Leipsic Disputation, 1519

Chapter 1: Luther’s Birth, Childhood, and School-Days

Chapter 2: Luther’s College Life

Chapter 3: Luther’s Life in the Convent

Chapter 4: Luther the Monk Becomes Luther the Reformer

Chapter 5: Luther as Priest, Professor, and Preacher

Chapter 6: Luther’s Journey to Rome

Chapter 7: Luther in Rome

Chapter 8: Tetzel Preaches Indulgences

Chapter 9: The “Theses”

Chapter 10: Luther Attacked by Tetzel, Prierio, and Eck

Chapter 11: Luther’s Journey to Augsburg

Chapter 12: Luther’s Appearance Before Cardinal Cajetan

Chapter 13: Luther’s Return to Wittemberg and Labours there

Chapter 14: Miltitz - Carlstadt - Dr. Eck

Chapter 15: The Leipsic Disputation

Book 6: From the Leipsic Disputation to the Diet at Worms, 1521

Chapter 1: Protestantism and Imperialism; or, the Monk and the Monarch

Chapter 2: Pope Leo’s Bull

Chapter 3: Interviews and Negotiations

Chapter 4: Luther Summoned to the Diet at Worms

Chapter 5: Luther’s Journey and Arrival at Worms

Chapter 6: Luther Before the Diet at Worms

Chapter 7: Luther put Under the Ban of the Empire

Book 7: Protestantism in England, from the Times of Wicliffe to those of Henry VIII.

Chapter 1: The First Protestant Martyrs in England

Chapter 2: The Theology of the Early English Protestants

Chapter 3: Growth of English Protestantism

Chapter 4: Efforts for the Redistribution of Ecclesiastical Property

Chapter 5: Trial and Condemnation of Sir John Oldcastle

Chapter 6: Lollardism Denounced as Treason

Chapter 7: Martyrdom of Lord Cobham

Chapter 8: Lollardism under Henry V. and Henry VI.

Chapter 9: Rome’s Attempt to Regain Dominancy in England

Chapter 10: Resistance to Papal Encroachments

Chapter 11: Influence of the Wars of the Fifteenth Century on the Progress of Protestantism

Book 8: History of Protestantism in Switzerland from A.D. 1516 to its Establishment at Zurich, 1525

Chapter 1: Switzerland - The Country and the People

Chapter 2: Condition of Switzerland Prior to the Reformation

Chapter 3: Corruption of the Swiss Church

Chapter 4: Zwingle’s Birth and School-Days

Chapter 5: Zwingle’s Progress Towards Emancipation

Chapter 6: Zwingle in Presence of the Bible

Chapter 7: Einsiedeln and Zurich

Chapter 8: The Pardon-Monger and the Plague

Chapter 9: Extension of the Reformation to Bern and Other Swiss Towns

Chapter 10: Spread of Protestantish in Eastern Switzerland

Chapter 11: The Question of Forbidden Meats

Chapter 12: Public Disputation at Zurich

Chapter 13: Dissolution of Conventual and Monastic Establishments

Chapter 14: Discussion on Images and the Mass

Chapter 15: Establishment of Protestantism in Zurich

Chapter 1: The German New Testament

Chapter 2: The Abolition of the Mass

Chapter 3: Pope Adrian and his Scheme of Reform

Chapter 4: Pope Clement and the Nuremberg Diet

Chapter 5: Nuremberg (This Chapter is founded on Notes made on the Spot by the Author in 1871)

Chapter 6: The Ratisbon League and Reformation

Chapter 7: Luther’s Views on the Sacrament and Image-Worship

Chapter 8: War of the Peasants

Chapter 9: The Battle of Pavia and its Influence on Protestantism

Chapter 10: Diet at Spires, 1526, and League Against the Emperor

Chapter 11: The Sack of Rome

Chapter 12: Organization of the Lutheran Church

Chapter 13: Constitution of the Church of Hesse

Chapter 14: Politics and Prodigies

Chapter 15: The Great Protest

Chapter 16: Conference at Marburg

Chapter 17: The Marburg Confession

Chapter 18: The Emperor, the Turk, and the Reformation

Chapter 19: Meeting Between the Emperor and Pope at Bologna

Chapter 20: Preparations for the Augsburg Diet

Chapter 21: Arrival of the Emperor at Augsburg and Opening of the Diet

Chapter 22: Luther in the Coburg and Melanchthon at the Diet

Chapter 23: Reading of the Augsburg Confession

Chapter 24: After the Diet of Augsburg

Chapter 25: Attempted Refutation of the Confession

Chapter 26: End of the Diet of Augsburg

Chapter 27: A Retrospect-1517-1530-Progress

Book 9: History of Protestantism from the Diet of Worms, 1521, to the Augsburg Confession, 1530

This great work begins with the first century A.D. and follows through to the Glorious Revolution in Great Britain in 1688. Though Wylie was a Presbyterian minister, this collection has been treasured by Protestants across all denominations for generations, and doubtless for generations to come

History of Protestantism, vol. 1

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History of Protestantism, vol. 1