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- Protestant Reformation
- Precursors and Papal Critics
- Luther and Lutheranism
- Calvin and Calvinism
- Radical Reformers
- English Reformation
- Scottish Reformation
- Catholic Reformation
- Precursors
- The Council of Trent
- Other Catholic Reformers
- The Society of Jesus
- Conflict
- Women and Reformation
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Protestant Reformation
- Precursors and Papal Critics
- Luther and Lutheranism
- WEB Project
Wittenberg
Sources on Luther and the Lutheran tradition.
- WEB Selected
Works of Martin Luther, 1483 - 1546 [At ICLNet]
- Martin Luther (1483-1546): 95
Theses, 1517 [At Medieval Sourcebook]
See also 95 Theses - in
Latin [At Medieval Sourcebook]
Catholic Encyclopedia: Martin
Luther [the Catholic Encyclopedia is usually reliable as to facts, but this is
a rather biased presentation.]
- Martin Luther (1483-1546): Letter to
Archbishop of Mainz, 1517 [On Indulgences][At Medieval Sourcebook]
- Luther's Tower Experience, 1519 [At this Site]
-
Martin Luther (1483-1546): To the Christian Nobility of
the German Nation [At Hanover]
See also Introduction to this text. [At Medieval Sourcebook]
- Martin Luther (1483-1546):
To the Christian
Nobility of the German Nation, excerpts. [At Then Again]
- Martin Luther (1483-1546): Address To The Nobility of the
German Nation, 1520, full text [At this Site]
- Martin Luther (1483-1546): Against Catholicism, 1535, [At
this Site]
- Martin Luther (1483-1546): Commentary on the Epistle to
the Galatians, 1535, abridged, but very long, [At this Site]
-
Martin Luther (1483-1546): The Smalcald Articles,
1537, [At Internet Archive, from CCNY]
On the pope.
- Martin Luther (1483-1546): On
the Freedom of a Christian, extracts [At WSU]
- Martin Luther (1483-1546): On the Freedom of a
Christian, full text [At this Site]
see also Martin Luther: Von der Freiheit eines
Christenmenschen, In German [At Medieval Sourcebook]
- Martin Luther (1483-1546): The
German Mass and Order of Divine Service [At Hanover]
- Martin Luther (1483-1546): Luther Before 1517: Letters to
Spalatin [At this Site]
These letters are interesting in showing Luther's atitude towards Rome and towards
theology. They also reveal that Luther's hatred of Jews, best seen in his 1543 letter, was
not some affectation of old age, but was present very early on.
- "On The Jews and Their Lies", a treatise by Martin Luther (translated by Martin H. Bertram, Luther's Works, Vol. 47: The Christian In Society IV, ed. by Franklin Sherman (c) 1971
Fortress Press, pages 121-306) has been removed because of copyright objections. We will attempt
to provide a new translation of the German text at some point, but meanwhile welcome a translation
any scholar wishes to supply.
-
Pope Leo X : Exsurge
Domine, June 15 1520 [At Papal Encyclicals]
The papal Bull which condemned Martin Luther.
- Calvin and Calvinism
-
John Calvin (1509-1564): Institutes, full
text [At CCEL]
-
John Calvin (1509-1564): Institutes of the
Christian Religion, excerpts, [At Then Again]
- John Calvin (1509-1564): On Predestination, [At this
Site]
- John Calvin (1509-1564): On Double Predestination
[At this Site]
- John Calvin (1509-1564): The
Necessity of Reforming the Church, 1543 [At SWRB]
- John Calvin (1509-1564): The
Order of Excommunication and of Public Repentance 1569 [At SWRB]
- John Calvin (1509-1564): Letter to the King [On the Clergy][At Medieval Sourcebook]
-
The Heidelberg Catechism,1542
[At CCEL]
The standard Calvinist confession of faith.
- Ordinances For The Regulation of
the Churches Dependent Upon the Seigniory of Geneva, 1547 [At Hanover]
See also
Catholic Encyclopedia:
Calvin, John and Richard Hooker: Introduction to Calvin
- Nicholas de la Fontaine: The
Complaint Against Michael Servetus, 14 August, 1553 [At Hanover]
Servetus was a unitarian who attracted the disapproval of Calvin. Calvin had him attacked,
handed over to the Inquisition in Lyons, where he was burnt.
- The Belgic Confession, 1561 (1619 version) [At
this Site]
- The Canons of the Synod of Dordt, 1618-1619 [At this Site]
-
Canons of Dordt, Synod of
Dordrecht, November 13, 1618 - May 9, 1619 [At PRCA.org]
-
2ND Tulip-- The Five Points of Calvinism [At Reformed.org]
-
Westminster Shorter Catechism [At Reformed.org]
-
Westminster Confession of Faith 1646 [At Reformed.org]
- Calvinist Ideas of Legimate Resistence to the State.
- Radical Reformers
- English Reformation
- WEB Oremus:
An Anglican Liturgical Library
- George Cavendish: The Life and Death
of Cardinal Wolsey [At Toronto]
- Archbishop Thomas Cramner (1489-1556): Letter on Henry VIII's
Divorce, 1533 [At Medieval Sourcebook]
-
Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) : Act of
Supremacy, 1534. [At Then Again]
-
Anne Boleyn (1507?-1536): To Henry VIII, from
the Tower of London, 1536 [At Internet Archive, from Letters Magazine]
- The Suppression of
Glastonbury Abbey, 1539 [At Medieval Sourcebook]
- William Roper: The Life of Sir Thomas More [At this
Site]
More was canonized in 1935.
- The Book of Common Prayer, 1662
[At BCP]
With some texts from the first Book of Common Prayer of 1549 and the second Book of 1552.
- Touching for the
King's Evil (Scrofula) [At BCP]
-
Queen Elizabeth I: Proclamation
to Forbid Preaching, 1558 [At Hanover]
-
The Act of
Uniformity, 1559, [At Hanover]
-
The 1559 Injunctions [At
Hanover]
- The Thirty Nine Articles, 1571, 1662 [At this Site]
Strongly Calvinist Anglicanism
-
Richard Hooker: A
Learned Discourse of Justification, Works, and how the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown [At CCEL]
-
Richard Hooker (1554?-1600): Of the Laws
of Ecclesiastical Polity, full text, 1593 [At Anglican History]
-
Richard Hooker (1554?-1600): A
Sermon [At CCEL][Full Text]
- The Elizabethan
Homelies, 1623, full text, [At Toronto]
-
Puritan Voices [At Hanover]
Nehemiah Wallington, Diary; Josias Nichols, A Plea for the Innocent; Anonymous, Letter
from Hell; Anonymous, Aminadab Blower
- James I & VI (b.1566, r. 1566 {Scotland), r. {England} 1603 - 1625): from Anglicanism, 1616 [At this Site]
Represents a much closer approach to "middle way Anglicanism".
- Archbishop William Laud (1573-1645): Visitation Articles,
1635 [At this Site]
- Thomas Browne (1605-1682): Religio Medici, 1643
[At this Site]
-
John Foxe (1516-1587): Book of Martyrs [At CCEL][Full text]
-
The Baptist Confession of Faith 1689 [At CCEL]
-
John Bunyan: The Holy War, full
text [At CCEL]
- Scottish Reformation
-
The Scottish
Confession of Faith, 1560 [At Creeds.net]
-
Westminster Confession of Faith,
1646 [At Reformed.org]
- Scottish General Assembly: Letter to the Kirks in the
Netherlands, Edinburgh, June 4, 1644 [At SWRB]
-
William Guthrie: The
Christian's Great Interest, full text, 1668 [At CCEL]
- John Knox (c.1514-1572)
- John Knox: The First
Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women, 1558 [At SWRB]
- John Knox: Knox's Call
to the Ministry and First Public Debate, 1547 [At SWRB]
- John Knox: A Faithful
Admonition to the Professors of God's Truth, 1554 [At SWRB]
- John Knox: A Vindication
of the Doctrine that the Sacrifice of the Mass is Idolatry, 1550 [At SWRB]
- John Knox: The
Appellation from the Sentence Pronounced by the Bishop and Clergy, 1558 [At SWRB]
- John Knox: A Summary,
According to the Holy Scriptures - of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, 1550 [At
SWRB]
- John Knox: A Treatise on
Prayer, or, a Confession and Declaration of Prayers Added Thereto, 1553 [At SWRB]
- John Knox: A Brief
Exhortation to England for the Speedy Embracing of the Gospel Heretofore by the Tyranny
of Mary Suppressed and Banished, 1559 [At SWRB]
- John Knox: An Epistle to
the Inhabitants of Newcastle and Berwick, 1558 [At SWRB]
- John Knox: A Godly
Letter of Warning or Admonition to the Faithful in London, Newcastle, and Berwick,
1553 [At SWRB]
- John Knox: Letters to
His Brethren and the Lords Professing the Truth in Scotland, 1557 [At SWRB]
- John Knox: Letter to the
Queen Dowager Regent of Scotland (Augmented Version), 1558 [At SWRB]
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John Knox: A
Letter of Wholesome Counsel, Addressed to His Brethren in Scotland, 1556 [At SWRB]
-
John Knox: A
Notable and Comfortable Exposition upon Matthew IV, Concerning the Temptation of Christ in
the Wilderness, 1556 [At SWRB]
-
John Knox: An
Exposition Upon the Sixth Psalm of David, 1553 [At SWRB]
-
John Knox: Two
Comfortable Epistles to His Afflicted Brethren in England, 1554 [At SWRB]
- John Knox: Answers to
Some Questions Concerning Baptism, etc., 1556 [At SWRB]
- Protestant Culture
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Catholic Reform
- Precursors
- The Council of Trent
- Activist Popes
- The Treaty of Brest, 1595 [Articles Concerning Union With
The Roman Church][At this Site]
The documents of Union between ther Roman Catholic Church and most of the the Orthodox
bihops of Ukraine.
- The Society of Jesus
- Other Catholic Reformers
- Catholic Culture
- Andrea Alciato: Book of Emblems: The
Memorial Web Edition in Latin and English [At MUN]
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Conflict
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Women and Reformation
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