The Reformation

Section One - Further Study

These references are provided for those who wish to pursue study of this section in more detail. The collection is a bit random; you should not think of these as the Most Important references, but rather as references that the professor happened to have noticed and took time to code up in html.

Texts

The Genevan Book of Order - the "rule book" for Calvinists. Among other things, have a look at the section on marriage. Sound familiar?
Sermon on Threefold Righteousness, by Martin Luther. A good example of Martin Luther's preaching, and a good example in general of how plain and direct Protestant sermons could be.
How to Use the Present Life, and the Comforts of It, by John Calvin.
Second Helvetic Confession

Evangelical Propaganda

Here are some examples of the broadsheets put out by the Protestant movement (in this case, by German Lutherans in the 1520s). In each of these, the contrast is made between Jesus and the Pope, or at least betw

And here's a different one. The pope has dropped the cross because he's focusing on the keys. What's the symbolism?

One more, a very famous portrayal of the pope as the Whore of Babylon. Go find the Biblical reference and figure out what's being said here and what the symbolism means.