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The History of Protestantism Wylie's Main Page Table of Contents -study New Window Volume First - Book First -------New Window PROGRESS FROM THE FIRST TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY Declension of the Early Christian Church, development of the Papacy, the Waldenses, the Paulicians, the Albigenses, the beginning of the Inquisition, and the rise of Modern Skepticism. Volume First - Book Second -------New Window WICLIFFE AND HIS TIMES, OR ADVENT OF PROTESTANTISM Wycliffe- his battle with Rome, persecution by the Pope, translation of the Scriptures into English, and his last days. Volume First - Book Third -------New Window JOHN HUSS AND THE HUSSITE WARS Huss- his warfare with Rome, martyrdom by Ecumenical Council of Constance, martyrdom of Huss' friend Jerome, and Hussite Wars. Bohemian Reformation. Volume First - Book Fourth -------New Window CHRISTENDOM AT THE OPENING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY Medievalism- the fall of Ancient Empire- Revived Empire. Picture of the Papacy. Volume First - Book Fifth -------New Window HISTORY OF PROTESTANTISM IN GERMANY TO THE LEIPSIC DISPUTATION, 1519 "He [Luther] had discarded the mighty fiction of the primacy; lifting his eyes above the throne that stood on the Seven Hills, with its triple-crowned occupant, he fixed them on that King whom God hath set upon the holy hill of Zion. In the living and risen Redeemer, to whom all power in heaven and in earth has been given, he recognized the one and only Head of the Church. This brought with it an expansion of view as regarded the Church herself. The Church in Luther's view was no longer that community over which the Pope stretches his scepter." Volume First - Book Sixth -------New Window FROM THE LEIPSIC DISPUTATION TO THE DIET AT WORMS, 1521. "Unless with all your hearts you abandon the Papacy, you cannot save your souls. The reign of the Pope is so opposed to the law of Christ and the life of the Christian, that it will be safer to roam the desert and never see the face of man, than abide under the rule of Antichrist. I warn every man to look to his soul's welfare, lest by submitting to the Pope he deny Christ. The time is come when Christians must choose between death here and death hereafter. For my own part, I choose death here. I cannot lay such a burden upon my soul as to hold my peace in this matter: I must look to the great reckoning. I abominate the Babylonian pest. As long as I live I will proclaim the truth. If the wholesale destruction of souls throughout Christendom cannot be prevented, at least I shall labor to the utmost of my power to rescue my own countrymen from the bottomless pit of perdition." -Martin Luther Volume First - Book Seventh -------New Window PROTESTANTISM IN ENGLAND, FROM THE TIMES OF WICLIFFE TO THOSE OF HENRY VIII. The first Prostestant martyrs in England, growth of English Protestantism, Lollardism and the martyrdom of Lord Cobham, and the Romish Church in England prior to King Henry VIII. Volume First - Book Eighth -------New Window HISTORY OF PROTESTANTISM IN SWITZERLAND FROM A.D. 1516 TO ITS ESTABLISHMENT AT ZURICH, 1525. The spread of Protestantism from England to Switzerland. Zwingli's early life and his admission to the authority of the Scriptures. Zwingli's first sermon, his life nearly given over to the plague, and his growth in Christ and his ministry. The Swiss printing press, Zwingli's theses, his challenge, and his public lectures. Zwingli demands the non-celebration of the mass. Protestantism prospers. Volume First - Book Ninth -------New Window HISTORY OF PROTESTANTISM FROM THE DIET OF WORMS, 1521, TO THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION, 1530. The German New Testament, the Abolition of the Mass, Popes Adrian and Clement, Nuremberg, the Ratisbon League and Reformation, the Battle of Pavia and its influence on Protestantism, the sack of Rome, the Lutheran Church, the Marburg Confession, the Augsburg Diet, a Retrospect 1517-1530. Volume Second - Book Tenth -------New Window RISE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTESTANTISM IN SWEDEN AND DENMARK. Influences for or against Protestantism, the spread of Protestantism into Italy, Spain, Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland. Volume Second - Book Eleventh -------New Window PROTESTANTISM IN SWITZERLAND FROM ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN ZURICH (1525) TO THE DEATH OF ZWINGLI (1531). The battle swept with a roar like that of thunder through the wood... there is one death that affects us more than all the others. Zwingli, though present on the field, did not draw sword: he restricted himself to his duties as chaplain. When the murderous assault was made from the forest, and many were falling around him, he stooped down to breathe a few words into the ear of a dying man. While thus occupied he was struck with a stone upon the head, and fell to the earth. Recovering in a little he rose, but received two more blows. As he lay on the ground a hostile spear dealt him a fatal stab, and the blood began to trickle from the wound. "What matters it?" said he; "they may kill the body, but they cannot kill the soul." These were the last words he uttered. The darkness fell, the stars came out, the night was cold. Zwingli had fallen at the foot of a pear-tree, and lay extended on the earth. His hands were clasped, his eyes were turned to heaven, and his lips moved in prayer. The camp-followers were now prowling over the field of battle. Two of them approached the place where the Reformer lay. "Do you wish for a priest to confess yourself?" said they. The dying man shook his head. "At least," said they, "call in your heart upon the Mother of God." He signified his dissent by another shake of the head. Curious to know who this obstinate heretic was, one of them raised his head, and turned it toward one of the fires which had been kindled on the field. He suddenly let it fall, exclaiming, "Tis Zwingli!" It happened that Bockinger, an officer from Unterwalden, and one of those pensioners against whom Zwingli had so often thundered, was near. The name pronounced by the soldier fell upon his ear. "Zwingli!" exclaimed he; "is it that vile heretic and traitor Zwingli?" He had hardly uttered the words when he raised his sword and struck him on the throat. Yielding to this last blow, Zwingli died (October 11, 1531). It was on the field of battle that the Reformer met death. But the cause for which he yielded up his life was that of the Reformation of the Church and the regeneration of his country. He was not less a martyr than if he had died at the stake. Volume Second - Book Twelfth -------New Window PROTESTANTISM IN GERMANY FROM THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION TO THE PEACE OF PASSAU. The Schmalkald League, The German Anabaptists, Its Four Great Rulers, The "Heavenly Kingdom", Accession Of Princes And States To Protestantism, Death And Burial Of Luther, The Schmalkald War, And Defeat Of The Protestants, The Emperor's League With Pope Paul Iii, The "Interim" – Re-establishment Of Protestantism, Reflections.

J. A. Wylie

(1808-1890)

Volume Second - Book Thirteenth -------New Window FROM RISE OF PROTESTANTISM IN FRANCE (1510) TO PUBLICATION OF THE INSTITUTES (1536). The Early Reformers Of France, The First Protestant Congregation Of France, Persecution And Martyrdom In France, Calvin's Life, Marriage Of Henry Of France To Catherine De Medici, Melancthon's Plan For Uniting Wittemberg And Rome, Plan Of Francis I. For Combining Lutheranism And Romanism, The Night Of The Placards, Martyrs And Exiles, Basle And The "Institutes", Calvin On Predestination And Election, Calvin's Appeal To Francis I. Volume Second - Book Fourteenth -------New Window RISE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTESTANTISM AT GENEVA. Geneva: The City And Its History, Genevese Martyrs Of Liberty, Tumults — Successes — Toleration, Farel Enters Geneva, Brink Of Civil War, Heroism, Rome Falls And Geneva Rises, Protestantism In Geneva, Calvin Enters Geneva, Civil And Ecclesiastical Constitution, Calvin And Farel Banished, Calvin At Strasburg, Rome Draws Near To Geneva, Calvin Returns, The New Geneva, Calvin's Battles With The Libertines, Servetus Comes To Geneva And Is Arrested, Victory Over The Libertines, Trial And Death Of Servetus, Calvin's Correspondence With Martyrs- Reformers- Monarchs, Geneva's Influence In Europe, Calvin's Last Illness And Death, Calvin's Work. Volume Second - Book Fifteenth -------New Window THE JESUITS. Ignatius Loyola, Loyola's First Disciples, Organization And Training Of The Jesuits, Moral Code Of The Jesuits–Probabilism, Etc., The Jesuit Teaching On Regicide, Murder, Lying, Theft, Etc., The "Secret Instructions" Of The Jesuits, Jesuit Management Of Rich Widows And The Heirs Of Great Families, Diffusion Of The Jesuits Throughout Christendom, Commercial Enterprises And Banishments, Restoration Of The Inquisition, The Tortures Of The Inquisition. Volume Second - Book Sixteenth -------New Window PROTESTANTISM IN THE WALDENSIAN VALLEYS. First Persecutions Of The Waldenses, Cataneo's Expedition (1488), Synod In The Waldensian Valleys, Persecutions And Martyrdoms, Preparations For A War Of Extermination, The Great Campaign Of 1561, Waldensian Colonies In Calabria And Apulia, The Year Of The Plague, The Great Massacre, Exploits Of Gianavello — Massacre And Pillage Of Rora, The Exile, Return And Final Re-establishment To The Valleys, Condition Of The Waldenses From 1690. Volume Second - Book Seventeenth -------New Window PROTESTANTISM IN FRANCE FROM DEATH OF FRANCIS I (1547) TO EDICT OF NANTES (1598). Henry Ii And Parties In France, Henry Ii And His Persecutions, First National Synod Of The French Protestant Church, a Gallery Of Portraits, The Guises, And The Insurrection Of Amboise, Charles Ix–The Triumvirate–Colloquy At Poissy, Massacre At Vassy And Commencement Of The Civil Wars, Commencehent Of The Huguenot Wars, The First Huguenot War, And Death Of The Duke Of Guise, Catherine De Medici And Her Son, Charles Ix— Conference At Bayonne—The St. Bartholomew Massacre Plotted, Second And Third Huguenot Wars, Synod Of La Rochelle, The Promoters Of The St. Bartholomew Massacre, Negotiations Of The Court With The Huguenots, The Marriage, And Preparations For The Massacre, The Massacre Of St. Bartholomew, Resurrection Of Huguenotism–Death Of Charles Ix, New Persecutions–Reign And Death Of Henry Iii, Henry Iv And The Edict Of Nantes. Volume Third - Book Eighteenth -------New Window HISTORY OF PROTESTANTISM IN THE NETHERLANDS. The Netherlands And Their Inhabitants, Introduction Of Protestantism Into The Netherlands, Antwerp: Its Confessors And Martyrs, Abdication Of Charles V. And Accession Of Philip Ii, Philip Arranges The Government Of The Netherlands, And Departs For Spain, Storms In The Council, And Martyrs At The Stake, Retirement Of Granvelle – Belgic Confession Of Faith, The Rising Storm, The Confederates Or "Beggars", The Field-preachings, The Image-breakings, Reaction – Submission Of The Southern Netherlands, The Council Of Blood, William Unfurls His Standard – Execution Of Egmont And Horn, Failure Of William's First Campaign, The "Beggars Of The Sea," And Second Campaign Of Orange, William's Second Campaign, And Submission Of Brabant And Flanders, The Siege Of Haarlem, Siege Of Alkmaar- And Recall Of Alva, Third Campaign Of William, And Death Of Count Louis Of Nassau, The Siege Of Leyden, March Of The Spanish Army Through The Sea – Sack Of Antwerp, The "Pacification Of Ghent"- And Toleration, Administration Of Don John- And First Synod Of Dort, Abjuration Of Philip, And Rise Of The Seven United Provinces, Assassination Of William The Silent, Order And Government Of The Netherland Church, Disorganisation Of The Provinces, The Synod Of Dort, Grandeur Of The United Provinces. Volume Third - Book Nineteenth -------New Window PROTESTANTISM IN POLAND AND BOHEMIA. Rise And Spread Of Protestantism In Poland, John Alasco, And Reformation Of East Friesland, Acme Of Protestantism In Poland, Organisation Of The Protestant Church Of Poland, Turning Of The Tide Of Protestantism In Poland, The Jesuits Enter Poland – Destruction Of Its Protestantism, Bohemia – Entrance Of Reformation, Overthrow Of Protestantism In Bohemia, An Army Of Martyrs, Suppression Of Protestantish In Bohehia. Volume Third - Book Twentieth -------New Window PROTESTANTISM IN HUNGARY AND TRANSYLVANIA. Planting Of Protestantism, Protestantism Flourishes In Hungary And Transylvania, Ferdinand Ii And The Era Of Persecution, Leopold I. And The Jesuits, Banishment Of Pastors And Desolation Of The Church Of Hungary. Volume Third - Book Twenty-first -------New Window THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR. Great Periods Of The Thirty Years' War, The Arhy And The Camp, The March And Its Devastations, Conquest Of North Germany By Ferdinand Ii And The "Catholic League", Edict Of Restitution, Arrival Of Gustavus Adolphus In Germany, Fall Of Magdeburg And Victory Of Leipsic, Conquest Of The Rhine And Bavaria — Battle Of Lutzen, Death Of Gustavus Adolphus, The Pacification Of Westphalia, The Fatherland After The War. Volume Third - Book Twenty-second -------New Window PROTESTANTISM IN FRANCE FROM DEATH OF HENRY IV. (1610) TO THE REVOLUTION (1789). Louis Xiii. And The Wars Of Religion, Fall Of La Rochelle, And End Of The Wars Of Religion, Industrial And Literary Ehinence Of The French Protestants, The Dragonnades, Revocation Of The Edict Of Nantes, The Prisons And The Galleys, The "Church Of The Desert". Volume Third - Book Twenty-third -------New Window PROTESTANTISM IN ENGLAND FROM THE TIMES OF HENRY VIII. The King And The Scholars, Cardinal Wolsey And The New Testament Of Erasmus, William Tyndale And The English New Testament, Tyndale's New Testament Arrives In England, The Bible And The Cellar At Oxford — Anne Boleyn, The Divorce — Thomas Bilney, The Martyr, The Divorce, And Wolsey's Fall, Cranmer – Cromwell – The Papal Supremacy Abolished, The King Declared Head Of The Church Of England, Scaffolds–Death Of Henry Viii, The Church Of England As Reformed By Cranmer, Deaths Of Protector Somerset And Edward Vi, Restoration Of The Pope's Authority In England, The Burnings Under Mary, Elizabeth--Restoration Of The Protestant Church, Excommunication Of Elizabeth, And Plots Of The Jesuits, The Armada--Its Building, The Armada Arrives Off England, Destruction Of The Armada, Greatness Of Protestant England. Volume Third - Book Twenty-fourth -------New Window PROTESTANTISM IN SCOTLAND The Darkness And The Daybreak, Scotland's First Preacher And Martyr, Patrick Hamilton, Wishart Is Burned, And Knox Comes Forward, Knox's Call To The Ministry And First Sermon, Knox's Final Return To Scotland, Establishment Of The Reformation In Scotland, Constitution Of The "Kirk"--Arrival Of Mary Stuart, Knox's Interview With Queen Mary, Trial Of Knox For Treason, The Last Days Of Queen Mary And John Knox, Andrew Melville--The Tulchan Bishops, Battles For Presbyterianism And Liberty, James In England--The Gunpowder Plot, Death Of James Vi, And Spiritual Awakening In Scotland, Charles I And Archbishop Laud--Religious Innovations, The National Covenant And Assembly Of 1638, Civil War--Solemn League--Westminster Assembly, Parliament Triumphs, And The King Is Betrayed, Restoration Of Charles Ii, And St. Bartholomew Day, 1662, Scotland--Middleton's Tyranny--Act Recissory, Establishment Of Prelacy In Scotland, Four Hundred Ministers Ejected, Breach Of The "Triple League" And War With Holland, The Popish Plot, And Death Of Charles Ii, The First Rising Of The Scottish Presbyterians, The Field-preaching Or "Conventicle", Drumclog--Bothwell Bridge--The "Killing Times", James Ii -- Projects To Restore Popery, a Great Crisis In England And Christendom, Protestantism Mounts The Throne Of Great Britain. Research Index -------New Window A feature of our version of "The History of Protestantism" is an index to the entire 24 books of J. A. Wylie's prodigious account of Christianity's remonstrance against the errors of the Church of Rome. The index will assist you in finding the location of KEY words in the text, so that you may research Wylie's library without the time and difficulty of reading every single book. "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so" (Acts 17:11). Lest We Forget -------New Window A WStS Prologue to J.A. Wylie's "The History of Protestantism" by Tom and Katie Stewart "Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men" (1 Corinthians 7:23). Martyrs have added their testimony to the foundation laid by our LORD. "If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward" (1Corinthians 3:14). They have given us an heritage unto the LORD, a lineage of faith. They have given us their testimonies of a Love that the flames could not burn out. For example, "These homilies [religious writings-- testimonies] were golden cups, filled with living waters, and when the people of England pressed them to their parched lips, it well became them to remember whose were the hands that had replenished these vessels from the Divine fountains. The authors of the homilies—Cranmer, Ridley, Latimer—though dead, were yet speaking. They had perished at the stake, but now they were preaching by a thousand tongues to the people of England. Tyrants had done to them as they listed; but, risen from the dead, these martyrs were marching before the nation in its glorious exit from its house of bondage" (excerpted from "The History of Protestantism", Volume 3, Book 23, Chapter 15). The word "protestant" is a reactionary word. It objects to the errors of the Church of Rome. "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" (2Corinthians 6:14). In 1755, Samuel Johnson's dictionary defined a Protestant as "one of those who adhere to them, who, at the beginning of the reformation, protested against the errours of the church of Rome." Error-- in the name of Christ-- is to be separated from and reproved. "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them" (Ephesians 5:11). To passively abide in the darkness of Roman Catholicism is to take sides against the LORD Jesus Christ... "It is that ignorance which paralyses the arm of the Church of Christ, and makes the glorious word "Protestant" senseless, almost a dead and ridiculous word. For who does really protest against Rome today? where are those who sound the trumpet of alarm?" (excerpted from "Fifty Years in the Church of Rome" by Charles Chiniquy). 54