History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 1

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LibriVox recording of History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 1 by Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné. (Translated by Henry Beveridge.) Read in English by Christopher Smith The History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century , by Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné, is a classic work on the great events that re-opened the Christian gospel to a needy world. It tells of how the twenty-year-old Martin Luther, browsing through books in the library at the University of Erfurt, takes down from the shelf a particular volume that has caught his interest. He has never seen anything like it. It is a Bible! He is astonished to find in this volume so much more than the fragments of gospels and epistles that were selected for public reading in churches. He had believed that these constituted all there was of the word of God. But here he has discovered, in its entirety, the inspired book from which they came. And it was this discovery, in a dusty university library, that changed the course of history. D’Aubigné tells the story of outstanding people who had a love for God and his word, and who dared to present biblical truths which had been obscured for centuries. The book has helped and e…

Directors & creators

Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;history; religion; bible; church; Catholic; Protestant; Luther; Reformation; sixteenth century; swiss

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