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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