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The Reformation was the restoration of the pure preaching of the gospel. That tremendous church-reforming and world-shaking event was doctrinal. It was the purpose of the Reformers, as it was the purpose of the Holy Spirit, to do away with another gospel (that is no gospel) and to restore the gospel
Covenant renewal by means of a spiritual awakening cannot be understood as reformation any more than church renewal. In a narrow sense, the term "reformation" has no other connotation than that of the historical reformation of the sixteenth century which took place under the inspiration of Luther, Z
October 31, 1517, that the Reformation of all reformations of the church of Jesus Christ, wherein we were liberated from the hierarchy and heresy, the bondage and blindness of the Roman Catholic Church, had its beginning. Certainly, there were other Reformations, before the 16th century and after
We believe, however, that it would indeed be a sad thing if we were to conceive of the Reformation as something confined to the dim past, as something which took place about four hundred years ago, and is no longer of importance for this day and age. People of sound Reformed background look at thi
Reformation. What does it mean to you? Is it merely some historical fact that you learned in school? Is it just a day that you celebrate every year by going to a lecture? How much do we really know about the Reformation? How much do we really care? After all that was almost 460 years ago! But wait!
A reformation is never born over-night. God had raised up others, even before Luther, who opposed (the evils of Catholicism and gave their lives for it. And Luther himself had undergone a long and bitter struggle before he opened his attack which had such lasting results.
The Reformation proper was a spiritual movement, that stood for an action that consisted in exalting the Holy Scriptures as the sole infalalible source of doctrine and truth. According to the literal meaning of the word, the Renaissance was a re-birth. It is needful to ask of what it was the re-birt
Strictly viewed, this demand for reformation is also a continuous one because the church, in the strictest sense, is always deformed. It is never seen in pure and sound form, and always unholy elements are present in it. Yet reformation in this pamphlet is not meant in that absolute sense. There is
As they gather together on that day in their mass meetings, they reiterate in songs and speeches the fruits of the Reformation; freedom from the vain and corrupt traditions of the Romish Church and a restoration of the Holy Scriptures to the church of Christ. Yet there is need of constant reformatio
tomorrow. What was the Reformation? In simplest terms, the Reformation was the doctrinal and spiritual renewal of the church that took place during the 16th century. The one great church of that day was the Roman Catholic Church, a universal church. Over time that church had become thoroughly co