This paper was written in 1980-82. I have done no additional research on the subject since then. I am only making minor corrections as I convert it to HTML. Your suggestions would be appreciated.
1. Introductions
Personal Involvement * The Major Issues * The Recent Controversy * Goals of this
Examination
2. Who Were the Anabaptists?
Different Groups Distinguished * New Sources of Anabaptist History * The Medieval Church *
The Medieval Reformers
3. In Praise of Humanism
The Tenets of Humanism * Humanism and the Establishment * Reformation and Accreditation
4. Anabaptists and Heresy
Anarchy * Revolution * Pacifism * Communism * Perfectionism
5. Anabaptists and Orthodoxy
Biblicism * Trinitarianism * Justification * Sanctification * Humility
6. Baptism and Statism
Mode of Baptism * Members of the Church * Infant Baptism
7. When Did Protestantism Begin?
The Great Reformation Flip-Flop * Waiting for the State (or someone like him) * Acts 5:29
8. Pagan Education and the Reformers
Calvin: Ambition * Seminary * Law School * Classics * Parallels in Zwingli:
9. The De-Education of the Anabaptists
Ambition * University * Education under Zwingli * Rejection of Paganism * Berean Mentality
(Acts 17:11) * Obedience and Systems
10. Politics from Seneca to Calvin
Conversion and Humanism * State and Freedom * State and Spirit * The Organic State * The
State Glorified * Parallels in Zwingli
11. Theonomy and Justification by Faith
The Church vs. The Gospel * Living Faith * Doctrine and Obedience
12. Statism and Justification by Faith
Doctrinal Diversions * Doctrine from the Outside
13. From Victory to Defeat: The Reformers and
Theonomy
Natural Law * The Expansion of the Faith * Lang * Rushdoony *
Nelson
14. Should We Celebrate Reformation Day?
Universal Priesthood and Reform * The Myths of Theology * Rome and Justification
15. Deformed Reform
The Early Reformers * The Threatened Reformers * The Later Reformers
16. The State as Pastor
Calvin and the "Reconstructionists" * The Ninth Commandment * Crushing the
Opposition
17. Macho Theology
Verbal Pyrotechnics * Intimidation * Coercion * Politics and Put-Downs
18. Police State, Police Church
Omnipotent Regulation * Socialism as Discipline * Winning Through Intimidation
19. Plato and Calvin: Artistry in Dictatorship
Plato's Laws * Empire Medieval * Roman Law and Plato's Laws * Momentary Reform * Power vs.
Reform * "Anabaptists!" * Plato Resurrected
20. A Legacy of Compulsion
Through One Man's Eyes * Luther * Calvin * The Puritans * The Pendulum Swings
21. Fascism and the Reformation
Fascism Defined * Westminster's Arguments Against God's Law * Fascism and the New
"Christian Right"
22. Cover
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