The Reformed Reformation

by James Isaac Good

Publisher:

Heidelberg Press

, 1916

Overview

The Reformed Reformation traces the historical development of Luther and Zwingli’s theology and their contributions to the Reformation. Good explores some of the teachers that influenced these men, such as Professor James Lefevre of France and Professor Thomas Wyttenbach of Basel.

Key Features

• Preface by the author
• Examination on the Reformed side of the Reformation
• Exploration of the historical development of Luther

Contents

Top Highlights

“greatest of all, as Beza says, was his attack on the scholastic theology that had ruled the universities.” (Page 5)

“‘the first Protestant book,’ published five years before Luther’s theses.” (Page 8)

“first was the publication of Lefevre’s work on the Pauline Epistles.” (Page 8)

“Lefevre was thus the Aurora—the daybreak of the Reformation, of which Wycklife had been the Morning Star.” (Page 7)

“efevre broke the way for a better exegesis than the exaggerated allegorizing method of the Catholics.” (Page 7)

Product Details

• Title: The Reformed Reformation
• Author: James I. Good
• Publisher: Heidelberg Press
• Publication Date: 1916
• Pages: 144

About James Isaac Good

James Isaac Good (1850 – 1924) was an American Reformed church clergyman and historian, born at York, Pennsylvania He graduated at Lafayette College in 1872 and at Union Theological Seminary in 1875. For thirty years 1875-1905), his pastorates were in Pennsylvania. Later, he held a position at the Central Theological Seminary, and was elected president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States.