History Of The Reformation In The Time Of Calvin (4 Volume Set)

The Story

This is a set of four books that was originally published as eight volumes in 1867. The type has been completely reset for this edition making for easier reading. This set was out of print for 150 years. By the time d'Aubigne became a pastor in post-protestant Switzerland, the 'iron-will' of Calvinism was but a memory, and Geneva was no longer the 'city of God' of Calvin's time. The teachings that were the basis of the Presbyterian and the Reformed churches were revived by the theological and scholarly writings of d'Aubigne in this and other writings. This history offered post-French Revolutionary Europe and America historical reflections on the origins of their religious and political organizations. d'Aubigne, whose writings were extremely popular in the mid-19th century, is still seen as an important historian who promoted new historical methods and contemporary concepts, such as liberty and conscience, to explain the important place of Christianity in Western Civilization.