A Pamphlet Concerning the Reformation of the Church (Foreword)

We make only a short statement by way of introduction to the following pamphlet. Just because the Reformation of the church is now a relevant issue, Luther's 400th anniversary has a more urgent significance. Also in Luther's day men did not thoughtlessly begin the demolition of what was incurably filled with dry rot. A lengthy and earnest study of church polity preceded Luther's appearance, and in a number of writings the matter of the Reformation of the churches was at that time earlier...