
The history of the Reformation involves such heroes as Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Hus, Ulrich Zwingli, William Tyndale, John Wycliffe, Michael Sattler... These pioneers led us to an age where the sufficiency of scripture was procliamed and Reformation Theology flourished. This was counter to the thinking of Rome, with the exception of St. Augustine, who's teachings were condemned by the pope and rejected by Rome. This faithful exposition of scripture was supported by Jonathan Edwards, John Bunyan, George Whitefield, August Toplady, John Owen, William Wilberforce, John A. Broadus, JP Boyce, BH Carroll, Roger Williams, William Carey, JC Ryle, John Foxe, AW Pink, John Newton, Matthew Henry, and Charles Spurgeon. It was Arius, Pelagius, and the followers of Arminius whose teachings were deemed as heresy by the Church, and only later was it so widely accepted, by those outside of Rome, that man had a synergistic ability to work in his own salvation. This made man a co-worker with God, as opposed to a work fully done by God, followed by a command that can now be understood and obeyed, since that man is now regenerated by the power of the Holy Spirit, and by the power of the Word. It is amazing that, with the exception of John Wesley, (who persecuted the ministry of George Whitefield without being retaliated against and without repentance until Whitefield's death,) the most God-fearing, sin hating, selfless preachers of holiness and righteousness were Reformation <b>...</b>
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