Reformation Sketches: Insights into Luther, Calvin, and the Confession

by W. Robert Godfrey

Overview

Popular-level introduction to key Reformers (Calvin, Luther, Melanchthon, and Peter Martyr) and confessions (the Heidelberg Catechism, the Westminster Confession, and the Canons of Dort).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875525785
Publisher:	Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing
Publication date:	04/08/2003
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

W. Robert Godfrey (PhD, Stanford University) is a professor of church history and president of Westminster Seminary California. He is a minister of the United Reformed Churches. He is author of Reformation Sketches: Insights into Luther, Calvin, and the Confessions and God’s Pattern for Creation: A Covenantal Reading of Genesis 1. He is coeditor of Theonomy: A Reformed Critique, and contributor to John Calvin: His Influence in the Western World. Godfrey has also written numerous articles. He has been a speaker at many conferences, including the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, and Ligonier Ministries.

Editorial Reviews

Edifying history at its best—a thorough grasp of cultural and political circumstances influencing the church, a keen understanding of the doctrinal issues at stake, and a deep concern for the ongoing reformation of the contemporary church.

Darryl G. Hart

Godfrey is a wise and engaging historian of the Reformation. His sketches provide a compelling introduction to the Reformers, showing their relevance of their lives and thought for Christians today.

Philip Graham Ryken

A wonderfully written history of the Great Reformation. With the care of a scholar and the insights of professional maturity, Godfrey takes us on a journey into our heritage.

John D. Hannah