The Reformers contains nine lectures on notable Reformers by nine different lecturers originally delivered in St. James Church, Paisley. The selection made from among the Reformers was determined by the desire to trace the general history of the Reformation, from its distant beginnings in Wycliffe and Huss, down to its accomplishment by Luther and its formulation by Calvin, taking into account by the way of kindred upheavals as represented by Savonarola, and the influence of the Renaissance as represented by Erasmus; and then to sketch the peculiar history of the Scottish Reformation from its earlier and later precursors, through its two most illustrious martyrs, to its consummation under John Knox. The lectures are as follows: