The Doctrine of the Church (14): The Preaching of the Word as a Means of Grace

And again, for centuries afterward the church waited for the completion and closing of the New Testament canon. And even then, many more centuries elapsed before the Bible was accessible to every believer. This had to wait for the invention of the printing press in the fifteenth century, for the general distribution of the Bible, and for the general education of the masses to be able to read and write. And again, for centuries afterward the church waited for the completion and closing of the...