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2. Its real-

1. The eternal origin of the universality of salvation, p. 1.

isation through Christianity, p. 1. 3. Missionary character of the

Christian Church, p. 2. 4. Apostolic and post-Apostolic missions,

p. 3. 5. Christianising of the people, p. 3. 6. The medieval period

of missions, p. 4.
7. The opening of the world in the fifteenth

century, and Catholic missions, p. 6

CHAPTER I

THE AGE OF THE REFORMATION

pp. 1-7

8. Absence of missionary action in the Protestant Church explained, p. 8.

9. The idea of missions lacking in the Reformers, p. 8. 10. Examin-

ation of Luther's position, p. 10. 11. Melanchthon and Bucer, p. 17.

12. Zwingli, p. 19. 13. Calvin, p. 19 [with note on Knox, p. 20].

14. Saravia, the first advocate of missions, p. 20. 15. Fruitless
missionary attempt in Brazil, p. 22. 16. Also among the Lapps,

p. 23

pp. 8-24

CHAPTER II

THE AGE OF ORTHODOXY

Section I.-In Germany. 17. Interest in the Orient: Peter Heiling,
p. 25. 18. Isolated utterances in favour of missions, p. 26. 19. Ad-
verse utterances.-Opinion of the Faculty of Wittenberg in opposition
to missions, p. 26. 20. The historical and dogmatic basis of the denial
of a missionary obligation by Joh. Gerhard, p. 28. 21. Missionary
life suppressed by the prevalent views, p. 31. 22. Justinian von