History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation

About this book

The eighth volume of Philip Schaff's History of the Christian Church, devoted to the Swiss Reformation. Schaff treats Zwingli at Zurich, Calvin and the Geneva of the Institutes, and the spread of the Reformed tradition. It completes his great history's journey from the apostles to the Reformation settlements.

Contents

1. Preface
2. Postscript
3. Switzerland before the Reformation
4. The Swiss Reformation
5. The Genius of the Swiss Reformation compared with the German
6. Literature on the Swiss Reformation
7. The Zwingli Literature
8. Zwingli's Birth and Education
9. Zwingli in Glarus
10. Zwingli in Einsiedeln
11. Zwingli and Luther
12. Zwingli called to Zurich
13. Zwingli's Public Labors and Private Studies
14. Zwingli and the Sale of Indulgences
15. Zwingli during the Pestilence
16. The Open Breach. Controversy about Fasts. 1522
17. Petition for the Abolition of Clerical Celibacy. Zwingli's Marriage
18. Zwingli and Lambert of Avignon
19. The Sixty-seven Conclusions
20. The Public Disputations. 1523
21. The Abolition of the Roman Worship. 1524
22. The Reformed Celebration of the Lord's Supper
23. Other Changes. A Theological School. The Carolinum. A System of Theology
24. The Translation of the Bible. Leo Judae
25. Church and State
26. Zwingli's Conflict with Radicalism
27. The Baptismal Controversy
28. Persecution of the Anabaptists
29. The Eucharistic Controversy. Zwingli and Luther
30. The Works of Zwingli
31. The Theology of Zwingli 🔒
32. The Swiss Diet and the Conference at Baden, 1526 🔒
33. The Reformation in Berne 🔒
34. The Reformation in Basel. Oecolampadius 🔒
35. The Reformation in Glarus. Tschudi. Glarean 🔒
36. The Reformation in St. Gall, Toggenburg, and Appenzell. Watt and Kessler 🔒
37. Reformation in Schaffhausen. Hofmeister 🔒
38. The Grisons (Graubünden) 🔒
39. The Reformation in the Grisons. Comander. Gallicius. Campell 🔒
40. The Reformation in the Italian Valleys of the Grisons. Vergerio 🔒
41. Protestantism in Chiavenna and the Valtellina, and its Suppression 🔒
42. The Congregation of Locarno 🔒
43. Zwinglianism in Germany 🔒
44. The First War of Cappel. 1529 🔒
45. The First Peace of Cappel. June, 1529 🔒
46. Between the Wars. Political Plains of Zwingli 🔒
47. Zwingli's Last Theological Labors. His Confessions of Faith 🔒
48. The Second War of Cappel. 1531 🔒
49. The Death of Zwingli 🔒
50. Reflections on the Disaster at Cappel 🔒
51. The Second Peace of Cappel. November, 1531 🔒
52. The Roman Catholic Reaction 🔒
53. The Relative Strength of the Confessions in Switzerland 🔒
54. Zwingli. Redivivus 🔒
55. Literature 🔒
56. Heinrich Bullinger. 1504-1575 🔒
57. Antistes Breitinger (1575-1645) 🔒
58. Oswald Myconius, Antistes of Basel 🔒
59. The Helvetic Confessions of Faith 🔒
60. Literature on Calvin and the Reformation in French Switzerland 🔒
61. The Condition of French Switzerland before the Reformation 🔒
62. William Farel (1489-1565) 🔒
63. Farel at Geneva. First Act of the Reformation (1535) 🔒
64. The Last Labors of Farel 🔒
65. Peter Viret and the Reformation in Lausanne 🔒
66. Antoine Froment 🔒
67. John Calvin compared with the Older Reformers 🔒
68. Calvin's Place in History 🔒
69. Calvin's Literary Labors 🔒
70. Tributes to the Memory of Calvin 🔒
71. Calvin's Youth and Training 🔒
72. Calvin as a Student in the French Universities. a.d. 1528-1533 🔒
73. Calvin as a Humanist. Commentary on Seneca 🔒
74. Calvin's Conversion. 1532 🔒
75. Calvin's Call 🔒
76. The Open Rupture. An Academic Oration. 1533 🔒
77. Persecution of the Protestants in Paris. 1534 🔒
78. Calvin as a Wandering Evangelist. 1533-1536 🔒
79. The Sleep of the Soul. 1534 🔒
80. Calvin at Basel. 1535 to 1536 🔒
81. Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion 🔒
82. From Basel to Ferrara. The Duchess Renée 🔒
83. Calvin's First Sojourn And Labors In Geneva. 1536-1538 🔒
84. Calvin's Arrival and Settlement at Geneva 🔒
85. First Labors and Trials 🔒
86. The Reformers introduce Order and Discipline 🔒
87. Expulsion of the Reformers. 1538 🔒
88. Calvin in Strassburg 🔒
89. The Church of the Strangers in Strassburg 🔒
90. The Liturgy of Calvin 🔒
91. Calvin as Theological Teacher and Author 🔒
92. Calvin at the Colloquies of Frankfurt, Worms, and Regensburg 🔒
93. Calvin and Melanchthon 🔒
94. Calvin and Sadolet. The Vindication of the Reformation 🔒
95. Calvin's Marriage and Home Life 🔒
96. The State of Geneva after the expulsion of the Reformers 🔒
97. Calvin's Recall to Geneva 🔒
98. Calvin's Return to Geneva. 1541 🔒
99. The First Years after the Return 🔒
100. Survey of Calvin's Activity 🔒
101. Literature 🔒
102. Calvin's Idea of the Holy Catholic Church 🔒
103. The Visible and Invisible Church 🔒
104. The Civil Government 🔒
105. Distinctive Principles of Calvin's Church Polity 🔒
106. Church and State 🔒
107. The Ecclesiastical Ordinances 🔒
108. The Venerable Company and the Consistory 🔒
109. Calvin's Theory of Discipline 🔒
110. The Exercise of Discipline in Geneva 🔒
111. Calvin's Struggle with the Patriots and Libertines 🔒
112. The Leaders of the Libertines and their punishment: -- Gruet, Perrin, Ameaux, Vandel, Berthelier 🔒
113. Geneva Regenerated. Testimonies Old and New 🔒
114. Calvin's Commentaries 🔒
115. The Calvinistic System 🔒
116. Predestination 🔒
117. Calvinism examined 🔒
118. Calvin's Theory of the Sacraments 🔒
119. Baptism 🔒
120. The Lord's Supper. The Consensus of Zuerich 🔒
121. Calvin as a Controversialist 🔒
122. Calvin and Pighius 🔒
123. The Anti-Papal Writings. Criticism of the Council of Trent. 1547 🔒
124. Against the German Interim. 1549 🔒
125. Against the Worship of Relics. 1543 🔒
126. The Articles of the Sorbonne with an Antidote. 1544 🔒
127. Calvin and the Nicodemites. 1544 🔒
128. Calvin and Bolsec 🔒
129. Calvin and Castellio 🔒
130. Calvinism and Unitarianism. The Italian Refugees 🔒
131. Calvin and Laelius Socinus 🔒
132. Bernardino Ochino. 1487-1565 🔒
133. Caelius Secundus Curio. 1503-1569 🔒
134. The Italian Antitrinitarians in Geneva. Gribaldo, Biandrata, Alciati, Gentile 🔒
135. The Eucharistic Controversies. Calvin and Westphal 🔒
136. Calvin and the Augsburg Confession. Melanchthon's Position in the Second Eucharistic Controversy 🔒
137. Calvin and Heshusius 🔒
138. Calvin and the Astrologers 🔒
139. The Servetus Literature 🔒
140. Calvin and Servetus 🔒
141. Catholic Intolerance 🔒
142. Protestant Intolerance. Judgments of the Reformers on Servetus 🔒
143. The Early Life of Servetus 🔒
144. The Book against the Holy Trinity 🔒
145. Servetus as a Geographer 🔒
146. Servetus as a Physician, Scientist, and Astrologer 🔒
147. Servetus at Vienne. His Annotations to the Bible 🔒
148. Correspondence of Servetus with Calvin and Poupin 🔒
149. “The Restitution of Christianity” 🔒
150. The Theological System of Servetus 🔒
151. The Trial and Condemnation of Servetus at Vienne 🔒
152. Servetus flees to Geneva and is arrested 🔒
153. State of Political Parties at Geneva in 1553 🔒
154. The First Act of the Trial at Geneva 🔒
155. The Second Act of the Trial at Geneva 🔒
156. Consultation of the Swiss Churches. The Defiant Attitude of Servetus 🔒
157. Condemnation of Servetus 🔒
158. Execution of Servetus. Oct. 27, 1553 🔒
159. The Character of Servetus 🔒
160. Calvin's Defence of the Death Penalty for Heretics 🔒
161. A Plea for Religious Liberty. Castellio and Beza 🔒
162. Calvin's Catholicity of Spirit 🔒
163. Geneva an Asylum for Protestants from all Countries 🔒
164. The Academy of Geneva. The High School of Reformed Theology 🔒
165. Calvin's Influence upon the Reformed Churches of the Continent 🔒
166. Calvin's Influence upon Great Britain 🔒
167. Calvin's Last Days and Death 🔒
168. Calvin's Last Will, and Farewells 🔒
169. Calvin's Personal Character and Habits 🔒
170. Theodore Beza 🔒
171. Life of Beza to his Conversion 🔒
172. Beza at Lausanne and as a Delegate to the German Princes 🔒
173. Beza at Geneva 🔒
174. Beza at the Colloquy of Poissy. 🔒
175. Beza as the Counsellor of the Huguenot Leaders 🔒
176. Beza as the Successor of Calvin, down to 1586 🔒
177. Beza's Conferences with Lutherans 🔒
178. Beza and Henry IV 🔒
179. Beza's Last Days 🔒
180. Beza's Writings 🔒
181. Appendix 🔒