CHAPTER XV. 



THE REFORMATION PERIOD. 



DANGERS — WICLIFFE — LUTHER ENGLAND. 



Dates ; a. d. 



14 I 5. JOHN HUSS MARTYRED. 



I5O9. CALVIN BORN. 



I5O9-47. REIGN OF HENRY VIII. 



I 5 13-2 I. LEO POPE. 



I522-23. HADRIAN VI. POPE. 



I523-34. CLEMENT VII. POPE. 



I54O. JESUIT ORDER FOUNDED. 



I547. COUNCIL OF TRENT. 



I558. ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF ENGLAND. 



A sufficient number of the abuses which had 

 crept into the Church have been named to show 

 how greatly a reformation was needed. But it was 

 dangerous to men's comfort and safety to become 

 reformers. Rome did not want to be reformed. 

 Rome was powerful enough to seek to crush any 

 one who attempted it. 



