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The Reformation · 1565–1573
Examination of the Council of Trent
Martin Chemnitz · 1522–1586
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What it is
A patient decree-by-decree response to Trent, arguing from scripture and the fathers rather than from Luther, and conceding points where honesty required.
Why it lasted
The most learned Protestant reply to Trent, and it was said that if the second Martin had not come, the first would not have survived.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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