The Reformed Reformation
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.
- Preface by the author
- Examination on the Reformed side of the Reformation
- Exploration of the historical development of Luther
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)
- Title: The Reformed Reformation
- Author: James I. Good
- Publisher: Heidelberg Press
- Publication Date: 1916
- Pages: 144
James I. Good (1850–1924) was a noted church historian born in York, PA. Educated at Lafayette College and Union Theological Seminary, Good pastored Reformed churches in Pennsylvania for 30 years and also taught church history at Ursinus College. He was then promoted to the professor of dogmatics and pastoral theology, and then the dean of the school. In 1907, he moved to Central Theological Seminary where he was a professor of Reformed Church history and liturgics. From 1911 to 1914 he was president of the general synod of the Reformed Church in the United States. In recognition of his services as a Reformed Church historian, he was made an honorary member of the Huguenot Society of Germany.