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title: 'The Preparation for the Protestant Reformation'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'David Schley Schaff'
date: 1917-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Reformation History'
- 'Ancient and Medieval Church History'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 16'
- 'John 6'
- 'Romans 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/schaff-1917-the-preparation-for-the-protestant-reformation
---

# The Preparation for the Protestant Reformation

Schaff outlines forces preparing the Protestant Reformation: German mystics, anti‑papal pamphleteers, pre‑Reformation reformers (Wyclif, Huss), and the Renaissance's biblical scholarship.

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