The Reformation in England Volume 2 Author:J. H. Merle d'Aubigne The great clamour for unity is the most significant ecclesiastical development of the 20th century. Controversy and doctrinal division are decried on all sides. Thus those responsible for the Protestant Reformation are charged with having too narrow and unbalanced a view of the truth. The author shows that this is a betrayal of the Gospel and... more » a perversion of history. Truth and error were then, as now, locked in mortal combat. The free preaching and reading of God's Word seemed to threaten the peace and uniformity that England's leaders, including the king, wished to maintain in the church. d'Aubigne traces the trials and triumphs of faith down to the death of Henry VIII.« less