History of Protestantism

When Luther proposed his Ninety-Five Theses and nailed them to the door of the church at Wittenberg, where did his ideas originate? The History of Protestantism can answer that question. J.A. Wylie in his phenomenal work details the source of this religious transformation and how it impacted the world. It pulls back the divine curtain and reveals God's hand in the affairs of His church during the Protestant Reformation. Throughout the centuries, the sacrifices and victories of God's...
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When Luther proposed his Ninety-Five Theses and nailed them to the door of the church at Wittenberg, where did his ideas originate? The History of Protestantism can answer that question. J.A. Wylie in his phenomenal work details the source of this religious transformation and how it impacted the world. It pulls back the divine curtain and reveals God's hand in the affairs of His church during the Protestant Reformation. Throughout the centuries, the sacrifices and victories of God's faithful people have often been obscured and forgotten. Now once again, you can read the fascinating story of how truth triumphed over error, principle over falsehood, and light over darkness. Exposing the forerunners of Protestantism, such as the Waldenses, and describing how the Roman Catholic church had progressed since the fall of the Roman Empire. Wylie explains how discussions on religion and the position of the Church of Rome in mid-sixteenth-century Europe was a hot topic. He writes on the history of the founding fathers--Luther, Hus, Calvin and Zwingli and how they constructed their churches even while under the oppression of the Roman Catholic leaders, and in some instances conflict with other Protestant churches. His disposition to use the pen as a mighty "Sword of the LORD" (Judges 7:18) is evident throughout this work. "The History of Protestantism, which we propose to write, is no mere history of dogmas. The teachings of Christ are the seeds; the modern Christendom, with its new life, is the goodly tree which has sprung from them. We shall speak of the seed and then of the tree, so small at its beginning, but destined one day to cover the earth. "The History of Protestantism is fundamental for anyone who is interested in how the faith broke with Rome and endured through its tumultuous first few centuries to become the religion that it is today. J.A. Wylie was a prolific writer and is most famous for his twenty-four book "The History of Protestantism" which was first published in 1878. This was originally published as a large twenty-four book set now in four volumes.