Reformation Modules
These thirteen modules, consisting of excerpts from documents in church history, were chosen and introduced by church historian Stephen Tomkins. They are intended for self study or as a quarterly introduction for a weekly Sunday school class or other study group. To receive email notification as new modules are released, sign up at the left.
Module 1: John Wyclif He is called the “Morning Star of the Reformation.”
Module 2: John Hus Reformer of Bohemia perished at the stake.
Module 3: Luther’s Catechism. The Shorter Catechism molded a generation of children.
Module 4: Luther on Romans. The great reformer explains law and faith.
Module 5: Zwingli’s Articles. The sixty-seven articles of his Zurich Reformation.
Module 6: Schleitheim Confession. Anabaptists see the true church as a company of believers separated from society.
Module 7: John Calvin. Geneva reformer declares the absolute sovereignty of God.
Module 8: Ignatius Loyola. The Spiritual Exercises, a training book for Catholics.
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Module 9: Teresa of Avila. Spanish mystic urges contemplative prayer.
Module 10: Tyndale. His lively answer to Sir Thomas More on justification by faith.
Module 11: Foxe. Thomas Cranmer’s death is described in the so-called “Book of Martyrs.”
Module 12: Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. Eyewitness describes the butchery of thousands of Protestants in France.
Module 13: Browne. Father of Congregationalists and precursor of Baptists calls for religious liberty.
