Reformation

Dictionary of Biblical Words:

This term is generally applied to the great Protestant movement under Luther. In addition to recovering liberty to read the word of God the cardinal truth then brought out was “justification by faith alone.” Other truths equally lost, such as the Lord’s coming, the presence of the Holy Ghost on earth, &c., were not recovered till long afterward. No doubt, there was divine wisdom in this order, for the two latter could never be appreciated by souls not established in the former.