Excerpt from Manual of the Alliance of the Reformed Churches Throughout the World Holding the Presbyterian System: With a Brief History of the Alliance The idea of an organization including the several Churches of the Protestant Reformation was a favorite thought of many of the leading Reformers. Calvin, writing to Archbishop Cran mer in 1552, said, When our purpose is to unite the senti ments of all good and learned men, and so according to the rule of Scripture, to bring the separated Churches into one, neither labor nor trouble of any kind should be spared. The idea was embodied in the second Book of Discipline of the Church of Scotland and given a definite form in a section reading. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.