THE GREATEST CENTURY OF REFORMATION IBD

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By God?s grace, the new, revised, expanded edition of the The Greatest Century of Reformation has 288 pages are packed with over 200 historic pictures and maps, 20 chapters and 16 appendices.'The Greatest Century of Reformation presents the history of the Reformation in a compact, readable and winsome way, encouraging us to stand firm in our beliefs regardless of the consequences. It parallels in some ways the leading of the Holy Spirit in the early Church as Paul, the Apostles and the early believers preached and taught the Gospel. I am delighted to have received the book and for the dedication you gave. May God richly bless and use it in His Kingdom.' Dr. R.C. SproulThis book, The Greatest Century of Reformation, contains 16 biographies on the most extraordinary Reformers of the 16th century and gives the broad sweep of memorable characters and momentous events that shaped that phenomenal Back to the Bible movement.Examples of ExcellenceIn this book, readers are introduced to examples of excellence: Professor John Wycliffe of Oxford University, Queen Anne from Bohemia, Professor Jan Hus of Prague University, Gutenberg - the Father of the Printing Press and Italian Reformer - Savonarola, are some of the pre-Reformers that are highlighted in the chapter on Preparation for Reformation. Towering above all the Reformers is Dr. Martin Luther, followed by Ulrich Zwingli, the Reformer of Zürich, William Tyndale, who gave his life translating the Bible into English, Heinrich Bullinger, the Consolidator of the Reformation, Martin Bucer, the Reformer of Strassburg, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, who transformed the Catholic church in England into the Reformed Church of England, Anne Askew, a Daughter of the Reformation, Philipp Melanchthon, the Teacher of Germany, the fiery debater and Evangelist, William Farel, the greatest Theologian of the second generation of Reformers, John Calvin, John Knox, whose prayer: 'Give me Scotland or I die!' was answered in his own lifetime, Pierre Viret, the French Evangelist and Reformer, Albrecht Dürer, the Evangelist and Reformer in Art and many more, are illustrated and quoted in this book.