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16th-century Christian texts

  • The Obedience of a Christian ManMerten de Keyser set up his press in Antwerp to print The Obedience of a Christian Man on the 2nd of October 1528. This book appeared despite official bans…
  • Ninety-five ThesesIn 1517, a popular saying circulated among German parishioners that claimed as soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs.
  • Index Librorum ProhibitorumJohannes Gutenberg refined moveable type and the printing press in the 15th century. This mechanism changed how information could be disseminated to the…
  • Book of Common PrayerIn 1549, King Edward VI of England authorized a new prayer book that would change the course of Christian worship in Britain.
  • Thirty-nine ArticlesIn July 1536, the Church of England adopted its first post-papal doctrinal statement known as the Ten Articles. This document emerged from a period of…