FOUR REFORMERS

Four fascinating leaders of the Reformation come alive for modern readers! These 16th century giants -Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin-re-leased ideas that still influence teachings and life of most Protestant churches today. Writes Aland, "Al-though this work deals with the past, it is a past whose power extends into the present."

Emphasis on the gospel as grace and the intellec-tual life of our modern world would not have hap-pened without Martin Luther, says Dr. Aland. Philip Melanchthon, teacher and writer, influenced Luther an theology. Ulrich Zwingli, the more radical reform-er, influenced the free church movement. John Cal-vin's zeal for God's glory and his systematic theology live on in today's churches.

KURT ALAND, Professor of Church History and New Testament Research, University of Munster, Ger-many, is well known in Europe and North America. The translator, JAMES L. SCHAAF, is Professor of Church History at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Co-lumbus, OH.