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Early Modern · 1688
History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet · 1627–1704
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What it is
An argument that Protestantism must be false because it keeps changing, traced through the disagreements of Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, and their successors.
Why it lasted
The most damaging Catholic polemic against the Reformation, and it forced Protestants to develop theories of doctrinal development in reply.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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