Excerpt from History of the Great Reformation of the Sixteenth Century: In Germany, Switzerland, EtcThis rapidity is inexplicable to those who see in this great event only a Reform, who make it simply an act of critical judgment, consisting in a choice of doctrines, - the abandoning of some, the preserving others, and combining those retained, so as to make of them a new code of doctrine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.