Volume 1 | |
Book 1: Progress from the First to the Fourteenth Century | |
Chapter 1: Protestantism | 1 |
Chapter 2: Declension of the Early Christian Church | 5 |
Chapter 3: Development of the Papacy from the Times of Constantine to those of Hildebrand | 8 |
Chapter 4: Development of the Papacy from Gregory VII. to Boniface VIII. | 15 |
Chapter 5: Mediaeval Protestant Witnesses | 18 |
Chapter 6: The Waldenses - Their Valleys | 23 |
Chapter 7: The Waldenses - Their Missions and Martyrdoms | 28 |
Chapter 8: The Paulicians | 32 |
Chapter 9: Crusades Against the Albigenses | 28 |
Chapter 10: Erection of Tribunal of Inquisition | 44 |
Chapter 11: Protestants Before Protestantism | 47 |
Chapter 12: Abelard, and Rise of Modern Skepticism | 56 |
Book 2: Wicliffe and his Times, or Advent of Protestantism | |
Chapter 1: Wicliffe - His Birth and Education | 58 |
Chapter 2: Wicliffe, and the Pope’s Encroachments on England | 63 |
Chapter 3: Wicliffe’s Battle with Rome for England’s Independence | 70 |
Chapter 4: Wicliffe’s Battle with the Mendicant Friars | 74 |
Chapter 5: The Friars Versus the Gospel in England | 85 |
Chapter 6: The Battle of the Parliament with the Pope | 87 |
Chapter 7: Persecution of Wicliffe by the Pope and the Hierarchy | 92 |
Chapter 8: Hierarchical Persecution of Wicliffe Resumed | 96 |
Chapter 9: Wicliffe’s Views on Church Property and Church Reform | 98 |
Chapter 10: The Translation of the Scriptures, or the English Bible | 105 |
Chapter 11: Wicliffe and Transubstantiation | 113 |
Chapter 12: Wicliffe’s Appeal to Parliament | 119 |
Chapter 13: Wicliffe Before Convocation in Person, and Before the Roman Curia by Letter | 122 |
Chapter 14: Wicliffe’s Last Days | 124 |
Chapter 15: Wicliffe’s Theological and Church System | 128 |
Book 3: John Huss and the Hussite Wars | |
Chapter 1: Birth, Education, and First Labours of Huss | 130 |
Chapter 2: Huss Begins his Warfare Against Rome | 135 |
Chapter 3: Growing Opposition of Huss to Rome | 141 |
Chapter 4: Preparations for the Council of Constance | 144 |
Chapter 5: Deposition of the Rival Popes | 149 |
Chapter 6: Imprisonment and Examination of Huss | 154 |
Chapter 7: Condemnation and Martyrdom of Huss | 161 |
Chapter 8: Wicliffe and Huss Compared in their Theology, their Character, and their Labours | 165 |
Chapter 9: Trial and Temptation of Jerome | 167 |
Chapter 10: The Trial of Jerome | 171 |
Chapter 11: Condemnation and Burning of Jerome | 173 |
Chapter 12: Wicliffe, Huss, and Jerome, or the First Three Witnesses of Modern Christendom | 176 |
Chapter 13: The Hussite Wars | 178 |
Chapter 14: Commencement of the Hussite Wars | 184 |
Chapter 15: Marvellous Genius of Ziska as a General | 189 |
Chapter 16: Second Crusade Against Bohemia | 190 |
Chapter 17: Brilliant Successes of the Hussites | 195 |
Chapter 18: The Council of Basle | 202 |
Chapter 19: Last Scenes of the Bohemian Reformation | 207 |
Book 4: Christendom at the Opening of the Sixteenth Century | |
Chapter 1: Protestantism and Medievalism | 213 |
Chapter 2: The Empire | 215 |
Chapter 3: The Papacy, or Christendom Under the Tiara | 220 |
Book 5: History of Protestantism in Germany to the Leipsic Disputation, 1519 | |
Chapter 1: Luther’s Birth, Childhood, and School-Days | 226 |
Chapter 2: Luther’s College Life | 232 |
Chapter 3: Luther’s Life in the Convent | 236 |
Chapter 4: Luther the Monk Becomes Luther the Reformer | 239 |
Chapter 5: Luther as Priest, Professor, and Preacher | 243 |
Chapter 6: Luther’s Journey to Rome | 245 |
Chapter 7: Luther in Rome | 251 |
Chapter 8: Tetzel Preaches Indulgences | 255 |
Chapter 9: The “Theses” | 260 |
Chapter 10: Luther Attacked by Tetzel, Prierio, and Eck | 266 |
Chapter 11: Luther’s Journey to Augsburg | 272 |
Chapter 12: Luther’s Appearance Before Cardinal Cajetan | 275 |
Chapter 13: Luther’s Return to Wittemberg and Labours there | 281 |
Chapter 14: Miltitz - Carlstadt - Dr. Eck | 287 |
Chapter 15: The Leipsic Disputation | 293 |
Book 6: From the Leipsic Disputation to the Diet at Worms, 1521 | |
Chapter 1: Protestantism and Imperialism; or, the Monk and the Monarch | 302 |
Chapter 2: Pope Leo’s Bull | 310 |
Chapter 3: Interviews and Negotiations | 317 |
Chapter 4: Luther Summoned to the Diet at Worms | 326 |
Chapter 5: Luther’s Journey and Arrival at Worms | 329 |
Chapter 6: Luther Before the Diet at Worms | 335 |
Chapter 7: Luther put Under the Ban of the Empire | 345 |
Book 7: Protestantism in England, from the Times of Wicliffe to those of Henry VIII. | |
Chapter 1: The First Protestant Martyrs in England | 350 |
Chapter 2: The Theology of the Early English Protestants | 356 |
Chapter 3: Growth of English Protestantism | 362 |
Chapter 4: Efforts for the Redistribution of Ecclesiastical Property | 366 |
Chapter 5: Trial and Condemnation of Sir John Oldcastle | 370 |
Chapter 6: Lollardism Denounced as Treason | 377 |
Chapter 7: Martyrdom of Lord Cobham | 381 |
Chapter 8: Lollardism under Henry V. and Henry VI. | 384 |
Chapter 9: Rome’s Attempt to Regain Dominancy in England | 393 |
Chapter 10: Resistance to Papal Encroachments | 396 |
Chapter 11: Influence of the Wars of the Fifteenth Century on the Progress of Protestantism | 401 |
Book8: History of Protestantism in Switzerland from A.D. 1516 to its Establishment at Zurich, 1525 | |
Chapter 1: Switzerland - The Country and the People | 408 |
Chapter 2: Condition of Switzerland Prior to the Reformation | 412 |
Chapter 3: Corruption of the Swiss Church | 416 |
Chapter 4: Zwingle’s Birth and School-Days | 421 |
Chapter 5: Zwingle’s Progress Towards Emancipation | 425 |
Chapter 6: Zwingle in Presence of the Bible | 430 |
Chapter 7: Einsiedeln and Zurich | 432 |
Chapter 8: The Pardon-Monger and the Plague | 437 |
Chapter 9: Extension of the Reformation to Bern and Other Swiss Towns | 441 |
Chapter 10: Spread of Protestantish in Eastern Switzerland | 446 |
Chapter 11: The Question of Forbidden Meats | 450 |
Chapter 12: Public Disputation at Zurich | 454 |
Chapter 13: Dissolution of Conventual and Monastic Establishments | 460 |
Chapter 14: Discussion on Images and the Mass | 464 |
Chapter 15: Establishment of Protestantism in Zurich | 468 |
Book 9: History of Protestantism from the Diet of Worms, 1521, to the Augsburg Confession, 1530 | |
Chapter 1: The German New Testament | 472 |
Chapter 2: The Abolition of the Mass | 479 |
Chapter 3: Pope Adrian and his Scheme of Reform | 485 |
Chapter 4: Pope Clement and the Nuremberg Diet | 490 |
Chapter 5: Nuremberg (This chapter is founded on Notes made on the Spot by the Author in 1871) | 495 |
Chapter 6: The Ratisbon League and Reformation | 502 |
Chapter 7: Luther’s Views on the Sacrament and Image-Worship | 506 |
Chapter 8: War of the Peasants | 512 |
Chapter 9: The Battle of Pavia and its Influence on Protestantism | 519 |
Chapter 10: Diet at Spires, 1526, and League Against the Emperor | 523 |
Chapter 11: The Sack of Rome | 527 |
Chapter 12: Organization of the Lutheran Church | 532 |
Chapter 13: Constitution of the Church of Hesse | 537 |
Chapter 14: Politics and Prodigies | 543 |
Chapter 15: The Great Protest | 548 |
Chapter 16: Conference at Marburg | 554 |
Chapter 17: The Marburg Confession | 562 |
Chapter 18: The Emperor, the Turk, and the Reformation | 564 |
Chapter 19: Meeting Between the Emperor and Pope at Bologna | 573 |
Chapter 20: Preparations for the Augsburg Diet | 580 |
Chapter 21: Arrival of the Emperor at Augsburg and Opening of the Diet | 585 |
Chapter 22: Luther in the Coburg and Melanchthon at the Diet | 590 |
Chapter 23: Reading of the Augsburg Confession | 594 |
Chapter 24: After the Diet of Augsburg | 601 |
Chapter 25: Attempted Refutation of the Confession | 606 |
Chapter 26: End of the Diet of Augsburg | 614 |
Chapter 27: A Retrospect-1517-1530-Progress | 617 |
Volume 2 | |
Book 10: Rise and Establishment of Protestantism in Sweden and Denmark | |
Chapter 1: Causes that Influenced the Reception or Rejection of Protestantism in the Various Countries | 1 |
Chapter 2: Fortunes of Protestantism in Italy, Spain, and Britain | 4 |
Chapter 3: Introduction of Protestantism into Sweden | 11 |
Chapter 4: Conference at Upsala | 16 |
Chapter 5: Establishment of Protestantism in Sweden | 23 |
Chapter 6: Protestantism in Sweden, from Vasa (1530) to Charles IX. (1604) | 29 |
Chapter 7: Introduction of Protestantism into Denmark | 33 |
Chapter 8: Church-Song in Denmark | 38 |
Chapter 9: Establishment of Protestantism in Denmark | 41 |
Chapter 10: Protestantism under Christian III., and its Extension to Norway and Iceland | 45 |
Book 11: Protestantism in Switzerland from its Establishment in Zurich (1525) to the Death of Zwingle (1531) | |
Chapter 1: Zwingle - His Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper | 51 |
Chapter 2: Disputation at Baden and its Results | 56 |
Chapter 3: Outbreak and Suppression of Anabaptism in Switzerland | 59 |
Chapter 4: Establishment of Protestantism at Bern | 64 |
Chapter 5: Reformation Consummated in Basle | 70 |
Chapter 6: League of the Five Cantons with Austria - Switzerland Divided | 76 |
Chapter 7: Arms - Negotiations - Peace | 81 |
Chapter 8: Proposed Christian Republic for Defence of Civil Rights | 85 |
Chapter 9: Gathering of a Second Storm | 88 |
Chapter 10: Death of Zwingle | 92 |
Book 12: Protestantism in Germany from the Augsburg Confession to the Peace of Passau | |
Chapter 1: The Schmalkald League | 95 |
Chapter 2 : The German Anabaptists, or the “Heavenly Kingdom” | 99 |
Chapter 3 : Accession of Princes and States to Protestantism | 104 |
Chapter 4: Death and Burial of Luther | 107 |
Chapter 5: The Schmalkald War, and Defeat of the Protestants | 112 |
Chapter 6 : The “Interim” - Re-Establishment of Protestantism | 117 |
Book 13: From Rise of Protestantism in France (1510) to Publication of the Institutes (1536) | |
Chapter 1: The Doctor of Etaples, the First Protestant Teacher in France | 123 |
Chapter 2 : Farel, Briconnet, and the Early Reformers of France | 128 |
Chapter 3 : The First Protestant Congregation of France | 134 |
Chapter 4 : Commencement of Persecution in France | 137 |
Chapter 5: The First Martyrs of France | 141 |
Chapter 6: Calvin: His Birth and Education | 146 |
Chapter 7 : Calvin’s Conversion | 149 |
Chapter 8 : Calvin Becomes a Student of Law | 155 |
Chapter 9 : Calvin the Evangelist, and Berquin the Martyr | 158 |
Chapter 10 : Calvin at Paris, and Francis Negotiating with Germany and England | 164 |
Chapter 11 : The Gospel Preached in Paris - A Martyr | 168 |
Chapter 12 : Calvin’s Flight from Paris | 174 |
Chapter 13 : First Protestant Administration of the Lord’s Supper in France | 178 |
Chapter 14 : Catherine De Medici | 183 |
Chapter 15 : Marriage of Henry of France to Catherine De Medici | 186 |
Chapter 16 : Melancthon’s Plan for Uniting Wittemberg and Rome | 190 |
Chapter 17 : Plan of Francis I. for Combining Lutheranism and Romanism | 196 |
Chapter 18 : First Disciples of the Gospel in Paris | 198 |
Chapter 19: The Night of the Placards | 205 |
Chapter 20 : Martyrs and Exiles | 208 |
Chapter 21: Other and More Dreadful Martyrdoms | 214 |
Chapter 22: Basle and the “Institutes” | 219 |
Chapter 23: The “Institutes” | 226 |
Chapter 24: Calvin on Predestination and Election | 231 |
Chapter 25: Calvin’s Appeal to Francis I. | 233 |
Book 14: Rise and Establishment of Protestantism at Geneva | |
Chapter 1: Geneva: The City and its History | 238 |
Chapter 2: Genevese Martyrs of Liberty | 243 |
Chapter 3: The Reform Commenced in Lausanne and Established in Morat and Neuchatel | 247 |
Chapter 4: Tumults - Successes - Toleration | 251 |
Chapter 5: Farel Enters Geneva | 256 |
Chapter 6: Geneva on the Brink of Civil War | 260 |
Chapter 7: Heroism of Geneva | 265 |
Chapter 8: Rome Falls and Geneva Rises | 268 |
Chapter 9: Establishment of Protestantism in Geneva | 274 |
Chapter 10: Calvin Enters Geneva -its Civil and Ecclesiastical Constitution | 280 |
Chapter 11: Sumptuary Laws - Calvin and Farel Banished | 285 |
Chapter 12: Calvin at Strasburg - Rome Draws Near to Geneva | 291 |
Chapter 13: Abortive Conferences at Hagenau and Ratisbon | 297 |
Chapter 14: Calvin Returns to Geneva | 299 |
Chapter 15: The Ecclesiastical Ordinances | 304 |
Chapter 16: The New Geneva | 306 |
Chapter 17: Calvin’s Battles with the Libertines | 310 |
Chapter 18 : Calvin’s Labours for Union | 315 |
Chapter 19 : Servetus Comes to Geneva and is Arrested | 320 |
Chapter 20 : Calvin’s Victory over the Libertines | 323 |
Chapter 21 : Apprehension and Trial of Servetus | 328 |
Chapter 22 : Condemnation and Death of Servetus | 333 |
Chapter 23 : Calvin’s Correspondence with Martyrs, Reformers | 340 |
Chapter 24 : Calvin’s Manifold Labours | 345 |
Chapter 25 : Final Victory and Glory of Geneva | 349 |
Chapter 26 : Geneva and its Influence in Europe | 353 |
Chapter 27 : The Academy of Geneva | 358 |
Chapter 28 : The Social and Family Life of Geneva | 362 |
Chapter 29 : Calvin’s Last Illness and Death | 365 |
Chapter 30 : Calvin’s Work | 370 |
Book 15: The Jesuits | |
Chapter 1 : Ignatius Loyola | 377 |
Chapter 2 : Loyola’s First Disciples | 382 |
Chapter 3 : Organization and Training of the Jesuits | 387 |
Chapter 4 : Moral Code of the Jesuits-Probabilism, Etc | 393 |
Chapter 5 : The Jesuit Teaching on Regicide, Murder, Lying, Theft, Etc | 398 |
Chapter 6: The “Secret Instructions” of the Jesuits | 404 |
Chapter 7: Jesuit Management of Rich Widows and the Heirs of Great Families | 407 |
Chapter 8: Diffusion of the Jesuits Throughout Christendom | 412 |
Chapter 9: Commercial Enterprises and Banishments | 416 |
Chapter 10: Restoration of the Inquisition | 421 |
Chapter 11: The Tortures of the Inquisition | 424 |
Book 16: Protestantism in the Waldensian Valleys | 430 |
Chapter 1: Antiquity and First Persecutions of the Waldenses | 430 |
Chapter 2: Cataneo’s Expedition (1488) Against the Dauphinese and Piedmontese Confessors | 436 |
Chapter 3 : Failure of Cataneo’s Expedition | 441 |
Chapter 4: Synod in the Waldensian Valleys | 445 |
Chapter 5 : Persecutions and Martyrdoms | 449 |
Chapter 6 : Preparations for a War of Extermination | 456 |
Chapter 7 : The Great Campaign of 1561 | 461 |
Chapter 8 : Waldensian Colonies in Calabria and Apulia | 468 |
Chapter 9 : Extinction of Waldenses in Calabria | 472 |
Chapter 10 : The Year of the Plague | 476 |
Chapter 11 : The Great Massacre | 479 |
Chapter 12 : Exploits of Gianavello - Massacre and Pillage of Rora | 488 |
Chapter 13 : The Exile | 494 |
Chapter 14 : Return to the Valleys | 498 |
Chapter 15 : Final Re-Establishment in their Valleys | 503 |
Chapter 16 : Condition of the Waldenses from 1690 | 508 |
Book 17: Protestantism in France from Death of Francis I (1547) to Edict of Nantes (1598) | |
Chapter 1 : Henry II and Parties in France | 512 |
Chapter 2 : Henry II and his Persecutions | 518 |
Chapter 3 : First National Synod of the French Protestant Church | 525 |
Chapter 4 : A Gallery of Portraits | 532 |
Chapter 5 : The Guises, and the Insurrection of Amboise | 538 |
Chapter 6 : Charles IX-The Triumvirate-Colloquy at Poissy | 546 |
Chapter 7 : Massacre at Vassy and Commencement of the Civil Wars | 555 |
Chapter 8 : Commencement of the Huguenot Wars | 562 |
Chapter 9 : The First Huguenot War, and Death of the Duke of Guise | 568 |
Chapter 10 : Catherine de Medici and her Son, Charles IX- Conference at Bayonne-The St. Bartholomew Massacre Plotted | 574 |
Chapter 11 : Second and Third Huguenot Wars | 580 |
Chapter 12 : Synod of La Rochelle | 585 |
Chapter 13 : The Promoters of the St. Bartholomew Massacre | 588 |
Chapter 14 : Negotiations of the Court with the Huguenots | 592 |
Chapter 15 : The Marriage, and Preparations for the Massacre | 597 |
Chapter 16 : The Massacre of St. Bartholomew | 600 |
Chapter 17 : Resurrection of Huguenotism-Death of Charles IX. | 608 |
Chapter 18 : New Persecutions-Reign and Death of Henry III. | 614 |
Chapter 19 : Henry IV and the Edict of Nantes | 617 |
Volume 3 | |
Book 18: History of Protestantism in the Netherlands | |
Chapter 1: The Netherlands and their Inhabitants | 1 |
Chapter 2: Introduction of Protestantism into the Netherlands | 4 |
Chapter 3: Antwerp: Its Confessors and Martyrs | 9 |
Chapter 4: Abdication of Charles V. and Accession of Philip II. | 14 |
Chapter 5: Philip Arranges the Government of the Netherlands, and Departs for Spain | 17 |
Chapter 6: Storms in the Council, and Martyrs at the Stake | 22 |
Chapter 7 : Retirement of Granvelle - Belgic Confession of Faith | 29 |
Chapter 8: The Rising Storm | 35 |
Chapter 9: The Confederates or “Beggars” | 41 |
Chapter 10: The Field-Preachings | 46 |
Chapter 11: The Image-Breakings | 51 |
Chapter 12: Reaction - Submission of the Southern Netherlands | 58 |
Chapter 13: The Council of Blood | 64 |
Chapter 14: William Unfurls his Standard - Execution of Egmont and Horn | 71 |
Chapter 15: Failure of William’s First Campaign | 75 |
Chapter 16: The “Beggars of the Sea,” and Second Campaign of Orange | 79 |
Chapter 17: William’s Second Campaign, and Submission of Brabant and Flanders | 87 |
Chapter 18: The Siege of Haarlem | 92 |
Chapter 19: Siege of Alkmaar, and Recall of Alva | 98 |
Chapter 20: Third Campaign of William, and Death of Count Louis of Nassau | 102 |
Chapter 21: The Siege of Leyden | 107 |
Chapter 22: March of the Spanish Army Through the Sea - Sack of Antwerp | 110 |
Chapter 23: The “Pacification of Ghent,” and Toleration | 116 |
Chapter 24: Administration of Don John, and First Synod of Dort | 119 |
Chapter 25: Abjuration of Philip, and Rise of the Seven United Provinces | 128 |
Chapter 26: Assassination of William the Silent | 133 |
Chapter 27: Order and Government of the Netherland Church | 137 |
Chapter 28: Disorganization of the Provinces | 142 |
Chapter 29: The Synod of Dort | 146 |
Chapter 30: Grandeur of the United Provinces | 154 |
Book 19: Protestantism in Poland and Bohemia |
Chapter 1: Rise and Spread of Protestantism in Poland | 158 |
Chapter 2: John Alasco, and Reformation of East Friesland | 165 |
Chapter 3: Acme of Protestantism in Poland | 172 |
Chapter 4: Organisation of the Protestant Church of Poland | 178 |
Chapter 5: Turning of the Tide of Protestantism in Poland | 183 |
Chapter 6: The Jesuits enter Poland - Destruction of its Protestantism | 185 |
Chapter 7: Bohemia - Entrance of Reformation | 192 |
Chapter 8: Overthrow of Protestantism in Bohemia | 200 |
Chapter 9: An Army of Martyrs | 207 |
Chapter 10: Suppression of Protestantish in Bohemia | 212 |
Book 20: Protestantism in Hungary and Transylvania | |
Chapter 1: Planting of Protestantism | 219 |
Chapter 2: Protestantism Flourishes in Hungary and Transylvania | 225 |
Chapter 3: Ferdinand II and the Era of Persecution | 228 |
Chapter 4: Leopold I. and the Jesuits | 234 |
Chapter 5: Banishment of Pastors and Desolation of the Church of Hungary | 239 |
Book 21: The Thirty Years’ War | |
Chapter 1: Great Periods of the Thirty Years’ War | 248 |
Chapter 2: The Army and the Camp | 252 |
Chapter 3: The March and its Devastations | 256 |
Chapter 4: Conquest of North Germany by Ferdinand II and the “Catholic League” | 261 |
Chapter 5: Edict of Restitution | 269 |
Chapter 6: Arrival of Gustavus Adolphus in Germany | 274 |
Chapter 7: Fall of Magdeburg and Victory of Leipsic | 280 |
Chapter 8: Conquest of the Rhine and Bavaria - Battle of Lützen | 287 |
Chapter 9: Death of Gustavus Adolphus | 294 |
Chapter 10: The Pacification of Westphalia | 299 |
Chapter 11: The Fatherland after the War | 304 |
Book 22: Protestantism in France from Death of Henry IV. (1610) to the Revolution (1789) | |
Chapter 1: Louis XIII. and the Wars of Religion | 309 |
Chapter 2: Fall of La Rochelle, and End of the Wars of Religion | 316 |
Chapter 3: Industrial and Literary Eminence of the French Protestants | 320 |
Chapter 4: The Dragonnades | 326 |
Chapter 5: Revocation of the Edict of Nantes | 332 |
Chapter 6: The Prisons and the Galleys | 338 |
Chapter 7: The “Church of the Desert” | 343 |
Book 23: Protestantism in England from the Times of Henry VIII. | |
Chapter 1: The King and the Scholars | 347 |
Chapter 2: Cardinal Wolsey and the New Testament of Erasmus | 352 |
Chapter 3: William Tyndale and the English New Testament | 359 |
Chapter 4: Tyndale’s New Testament Arrives in England | 365 |
Chapter 5: The Bible and the Cellar at Oxford - Anne Boleyn | 371 |
Chapter 6: The Divorce - Thomas Bilney, the Martyr | 376 |
Chapter 7: The Divorce, and Wolsey’s Fall | 383 |
Chapter 8: Cranmer - Cromwell - The Papal Supremacy Abolished | 389 |
Chapter 9: The King Declared Head of the Church of England | 395 |
Chapter 10: Scaffolds - Death of Henry VIII | 402 |
Chapter 11: The Church of England as Reformed by Cranmer | 408 |
Chapter 12: Deaths of Protector Somerset and Edward VI | 416 |
Chapter 13: Restoration of the Pope’s Authority in England | 419 |
Chapter 14: The Burnings under Mary | 425 |
Chapter 15: Elizabeth; Restoration of the Protestant Church | 431 |
Chapter 16: Excommunication of Elizabeth, and Plots of the Jesuits | 440 |
Chapter 17: The Armada; its Building | 446 |
Chapter 18: The Armada Arrives off England | 450 |
Chapter 19: Destruction of the Armada | 455 |
Chapter 20: Greatness of Protestant England | 461 |
Book 24: Protestantism in Scotland |
Chapter 1: The Darkness and the Daybreak | 466 |
Chapter 2: Scotland’s First Preacher and Martyr, Patrick Hamilton | 470 |
Chapter 3: Wishart is Burned, and Knox Comes Forward | 478 |
Chapter 4: Knox’s Call to the Ministry and First Sermon | 483 |
Chapter 5: Knox’s Final Return to Scotland | 489 |
Chapter 6: Establishment of the Reformation in Scotland | 492 |
Chapter 7: Constitution of the “Kirk”: Arrival of Mary Stuart | 496 |
Chapter 8: Knox’s Interview with Queen Mary | 501 |
Chapter 9: Trial of Knox for Treason | 506 |
Chapter 10: The Last Days of Queen Mary and John Knox | 511 |
Chapter 11: Andrew Melville; the Tulchan Bishops | 515 |
Chapter 12: Battles for Presbyterianism and Liberty | 520 |
Chapter 13: James in England—The Gunpowder Plot | 526 |
Chapter 14: Death of James VI, and Spiritual Awakening in Scotland | 530 |
Chapter 15: Charles I and Archbishop Laud; Religious Innovations | 536 |
Chapter 16: The National Covenant and Assembly of 1638 | 540 |
Chapter 17: Civil War—Solemn League—Westminster Assembly | 545 |
Chapter 18: Parliament Triumphs, and the King is Betrayed | 551 |
Chapter 19: Restoration of Charles II, and St. Bartholomew Day, 1662 | 556 |
Chapter 20: Scotland—Middleton’s Tyranny—Act Recissory | 560 |
Chapter 21: Establishment of Prelacy in Scotland | 563 |
Chapter 22: Four Hundred Ministers Ejected | 568 |
Chapter 23: Breach of the “Triple League” and War with Holland | 574 |
Chapter 24: The Popish Plot, and Death of Charles II | 578 |
Chapter 25: The First Rising of the Scottish Presbyterians | 586 |
Chapter 26: The Field-Preaching or “Conventicle” | 591 |
Chapter 27: Drumclog—Bothwell bridge—The “Killing Times” | 597 |
Chapter 28: James II—Projects to Restore Popery | 603 |
Chapter 29: A Great Crisis in England and Christendom | 609 |
Chapter 30: Protestantism Mounts the Throne of Great Britain | 617 |
Chronology | 648 |
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