These essays put forth the thesis that the Reformers did not set out to create what later came to be known as Protestant Christianity. Theirs was a quest for reformation and renewal in continuity with the "one holy catholic and apostolic church.
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This review is from: The Catholicity of the Reformation (Paperback)
What form of Protestantism is to take the center stage in America? This book by a group of, all but one, Lutherans represents two distinct trends in American Protestantism. One group sees the Reformation as an end in itself, complete and finished. Free forms of worship, no institutionalization of the Spirit, etc. This group sees there to be no need whatsoever to be reunited to Rome. That would be a step backward.
The other group understands the movement differently. These believers understand themselves to be Catholics in exile, to varying degrees, who think that the Reformation may be doing more harm than good, even if it was, in Pelikan's words, "a tragic necessity". The authors are very fluent in the terms of the questions at hand and represent the main thinkers on the subject. Please consider the following statement by a late 19th century Lutheran: "One is not a Lutheran who every day does not ask himself why he is not a Roman Catholic." Here is another great book that goes hand in hand with the above: Mother Church.
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