Concise Church History of the Old and New Testaments

Remembrance to the Reader.

...Luther were made to do so, most even among the Protestant writers original: "scribenten", referring to professional writers or chroniclers. took the horrific accusations from the Papist reports original: "Papistischen relationen"; the author is referring to Roman Catholic accounts of history.. However, if one were to assume from constant practice that those gentlemen have always wronged the witnesses of truth and never reported straightforwardly, then very strange histories would often emerge that would run completely contrary to current common reports.

In the histories of the conversion of the heathens original: "Heyden", meaning non-Christians or pagans. and other similar points, the same would also prove true, if one did not unthinkingly take everything from biased reporters. I must confess that I have often been startled when I saw how generally the best people under the Papacy were subjected to such heavy accusations, and indeed by such authors who intend to uphold a common cause against the Papacy. How thoroughly, however, could the innocence of many be saved and malice be put to shame if one proceeded impartially original: "unpartheyisch", a key term for the author, Gottfried Arnold, who was famous for his "Impartial History of the Church and Heretics." in this? But there is no further need to speak of it here. Suffice it to say that our church history original: "Kirchen-historie" has reached its full degree of perfection as little as other branches of learning erudition: refers to scholarly knowledge and the formal academic study of history., nor does it stand in its proper use.

Therefore the author also knows well that