The Penguin History of the Church (v. 3)

The beginning of the sixteenth century brought growing pressure within the Western Church for Reformation. The popes could not hold Western Christendom together and there was confusion about Church reform. What some believed to be abuses, others found acceptable. Nevertheless over the years three aims emerged: to reform the exactions of churchmen, to correct errors of doctrines and to improve the moral awareness of society. As a result, Western Europe divided into a Catholic South and Protestant North. Across the no man's land between them were fought the bitterest wars of religion in Christian history. This third volume of "The Penguin History of the Church" deals with the formative work of Erasmus, Luther, Zwingli and Calvin, and analyses the special circumstances of the English Reformation as well as the Jesuits and the Counter-Reformation.

ISBN 0140137572   Pages 464 ISBN13 9780140137576 (What's this?)   Part volume Reformation Publisher Penguin Books Ltd   Volumes 3 Imprint Penguin Books Ltd   Weight (grammes) 318 Format Paperback   Published in London Publication date 28 Jun 1990   Series title Penguin History of the Church Non-book description 463 p. ;   Height (mm) 198 Library of Congress BR305.2.C5   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY 270.6   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level General

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