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The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 4 : Reformation of Church and Dogma (1300-1700) (The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Christian Doctrine)
The Christian Tradition A History of the Development of Doctrine Volume 4 Reformation of Church and Dogma - 1300-1700 - The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Christian Doctrine Author:Jaroslav Pelikan This penultimate volume in Pelikan's acclaimed history of Christian doctrine--winner with Volume 3 of the Medieval Academy's prestigious Haskins Medal--encompasses the Reformation and the developments that led to it. — "Only in America, and in this case from a Lutheran scholar, could we expect an examination so lacking in parti pris, a survey so ... more »perceptive, so free--and, one must say, the result of so much immense labor, so rewardingly presented."--John M. Todd, New York Times Book Review
"Never wasting a word or losing a plot line, Pelikan builds on an array of sources that few in our era have the linguistic skill, genius or ambition to master."--Martin E. Marty, America
"The use of both primary materials and secondary sources is impressive, and yet it is not too formidable for the intelligent layman."--William S. Barker, Eternity « less