History of Protestantism

Protestantism is one of the decisive religious and intellectual movements in the formation of Western culture as we know it today. However, the notion that it is simply a religious current born at the dawn of the 16th century could lead to a serious misunderstanding of the present and future of this great sector of Christianity. Protestantism has its roots in the deepest sources of the Old and New Testaments, and it can claim no greater honor than to assert a clear and uninterrupted trajectory of doctrinal fidelity to biblical revelation.

In this simple but substantial book, full of interesting facts, we are given a panoramic view of the birth and development of what was the greatest Reformation ever to occur within Christianity. In times of profound changes and crises in religious spheres – as are also the ones we are living through now – it is worth examining the "what" and the "why" of those events. It is the author's conviction that in the answer to these questions there are factors that are entirely valid for our century. After all, it is about returning to a purer Christianity, stripped of heavy human traditions.

Ricardo Cerni combines his humanist and philologist background with the not inconsiderable experience of almost thirty years of pastoral activity in one of the Protestant denominations of the purest Reformed definition. This allows him to speak with authority and offer the reader an insider's view of Protestantism.