2000 Years of Christ's Power Volume 3 by Nick Needham

Why read the book? Nick Needham wrote 2000 Years of Christ's Power Volume 3: The Renaissance and Reformation. It is the third book in his clear and readable church history series. This volume covers the period from the late Middle Ages through the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation up to the early seventeenth century. Needham explains how new ideas, the printing press, and dissatisfaction with the church led to major changes. He gives clear accounts of Martin Luther, John Calvin, the English Reformation, and the Counter-Reformation. The book shows both the great gains of the Reformation and the tragic divisions it caused. Like the earlier volumes, it includes helpful excerpts from original sources at the end of each chapter. Needham writes in a warm and straightforward style that makes a complex and important period easy to follow. Readers see how the events of these centuries still shape the church today. Favourite quote The Reformation was not the invention of a new religion…