The Church of the Revolutionary Age: Christian Brotherhood, Volume 1

By Henri Daniel-Rops The Church of the Revolutionary Age: Christian Brotherhood, the tenth installment in Henri Daniel-Rops’ magnificent History of the Church of Christ, explores the complex phenomenon of the “separated brethren”—all those who believe in and follow Jesus Christ, but are not in communion with the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. This volume focuses on Protestantism, surveying (1) the “Daughters of the Reformation”—Lutherans and Calvinists, Unitarians and Anglicans, Methodists and Baptists—to distill the essence of Protestantism; (2) Protestant geographical and political expansion in Scandinavia and Germany, England and France, and eventually (in maximal form) in the United States; (3) Protestant missionary efforts, both in co-operation and conflict with those of the Catholic Church; and (4) the “soul and spirit of Protestantism,” its liturgy and spiritual forms, its social sensibilities, and its theologies.  Christ prayed that his followers may be one. Yet the