The Reformed Controversy with Anabaptism over Church Government

Under the grace of God, the Reformation restored to the church not only the pure doctrine of the gospel, but also proper church government. The Reformers to a man were concerned that the church be organized along biblical lines. Part of the deformation of the church prior to the Reformation was the deformation of the church's structure and government. The Reformers reacted to the unbiblical hierarchy of Roman Catholicism and were determined to deliver the church from papal tyranny. But the...