Scripture in the Post-Reformation Era (2)

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed the reformation of the church and the consolidation of that reformation in Europe. It was the time not only of the reformers but of the writing of the Reformed creeds. The spiritual freedom which the Reformation brought with it in its return to the Word of God brought with it a period of thriving spiritual life and of intense study of God's Word. The same period witnessed the rise of modern secular man and what is sometimes called the...