Concise Church History of the Old and New Testaments

Remembrance to the Reader.

He has compiled the subject matters that a diligent mind seeks to find together. And from this has come the division of every century original: "seculi", the Latin genitive for century. into five main parts. Into which, in my opinion, everything flows that is necessary to know about them. For any change in this regard would have confused young and simple original: "einfältigen". In this context, it refers to "plain" or "ordinary" readers without specialized academic training, rather than a lack of intelligence. readers, especially since no detailed explanation original: "deduction", referring to a formal, logical derivation or a lengthy scholarly proof. was added, as such would have taken up too much space.

On the other hand, out of a desire to learn the truth, the author has not always been able to follow others in the matters themselves. Common law has granted him the freedom to do so, which everyone may enjoy in a question of fact quæstione facti: a legal and philosophical term referring to the determination of what actually happened, as opposed to how the law or church doctrine should be applied to those events.. Specifically, when the question concerns a certain history, insofar as it rests upon this or that person and either accuses or acquits them. For a historian historicus generally goes only this far with his narrative, leaving the application application: the moral or practical conclusion drawn from historical facts. to others, who may then decide whether or not to turn it into a general rule.

And certainly, if church history original: "kirchen-historie" were generally pursued without so many harmful prejudices, one would soon be amazed at its usefulness. I will give only one example here. In the history of the heretics original: "ketzer". The author, Gottfried Arnold, was famous for arguing that those labeled "heretics" were often the true Christians. who, by the Papists original: "Papisten", a term used by Protestant writers of this era to refer to Roman Catholics, often implying they followed the Pope rather than the Bible. before Luther The text ends mid-sentence, leading into the name of the reformer Martin Luther.