The Reformation and the Renaissance (2)

As was said, the Reformation was a movement that exalted the Bible as the sole infallible source of doctrine. According to the literal meaning of the word, the Renaissance was a re-birth. It denoted that new zeal for pagan literature, learning and art, which sprang up in Italy toward the close of the Middle Ages. But in its broadest sense the Renaissance must be regarded as a function of that energy that brought this modern civilization with its new and pagan conception of religion and science,...