History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century (5 vols.)

by Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné

Publishers:

Groombridge & Sons; William Collins

, 1862

Overview

Jean Henri Merle d’Aubigne’s History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century provides one of the absolute best accounts of the Reformation through d’Aubigne’s compelling, informative, and prestigious writings. This collection’s five volumes and 20 books teach you everything you need to know about the Reformation during the sixteenth century as it spread across Europe and changed beliefs around the world. This is a must-read for scholars, students, and anyone else wanting to learn and understand the history of one of the greatest revolutions of all time.

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Key Features

• An extensive, detailed history of the Reformation
• Country-by-country examination
• Accessible scholarship

Contents

Top Highlights

“The love of truth, of holiness, and eternity, was the simple, yet powerful, spring by which our Reformation was effected” (Volume 1, Page 2)

“Paul of Tarsus, one of the greatest apostles of the new religion, had arrived at Rome, the capital of the empire and of the world, preaching the salvation which comes from God. A church was formed beside the throne of the Cæsars. Founded by this apostle, it consisted at first of some converted Jews, some Greeks, and some citizens of Rome. For a long time it shone like a pure light on a mountain top. Its faith was everywhere spoken of; but at length it fell away from its primitive condition. It was by small beginnings that the two Romes paved their way to the usurped dominion of the world.” (Volume 1, Pages 15–16)

“The enfeebled world was rocking on its base when Christianity appeared. National religions which had sufficed for the fathers, could no longer satisfy the children. The new generation could not be moulded in the ancient forms. The gods of all nations transported to Rome, had there lost their oracles, as the nations had there lost their liberty. Brought face to face in the Capitol, they had mutually destroyed each other, and their divinity had disappeared. A great void had been made in the religion of the world.” (Volume 1, Page 13)

“The priests themselves had perceived, that if they did not apply a remedy, their usurped power would be lost, and, therefore, they invented the system of barter, so well known under the name of Indulgences.” (Volume 1, Page 31)

“God in History? Gibbon, sitting amid the wrecks of the Capitol, and contemplating the venerable ruins, acknowledges the intervention of a higher power.” (Volume 1, Page 5)

Product Details

• Title: History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
• Author: J. H. Merle D'aubigné
• Publisher: William Collins
• Volumes: 5
• Pages: 1,852

About Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné

Jean Henri Merle d’Aubigne (1794–1872) was born in Geneva. He studied theology at the Académie de Genève. He was ordained in 1817, and moved to Berlin to study at the University of Berlin under August Neander. An 1817 celebration of Martin Luther’s life inspired him to write A History of the Reformation.

In 1818, Jean Henri Merle d’Aubigne became minister at the French Reformed Church in Hamburg, where he remained until he became pastor of a church in Brussels from 1823 to 1830. He returned to Geneva in 1831 to help found the theological seminary there, and became professor of church history. The 5-volume History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century was published in French between 1835 and 1853, and The History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin was published between 1863 and 1878, the last three volumes published posthumously. During his lifetime, Jean Henri Merle d’Aubigne received honorary doctorates from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the University of Berlin.