Ralph S. Werrell

The Wheat and the Tares

Theology

“Chibi's book is a study of the church and ecclesiology in the sixteenth century. He starts with the medieval church under the pope, and then considers the reformers, the Reformation churches and Counter-Reformation churches. Jesus' parable of the Wheat and the Tares . . . is applied to the churches--were the tares allowed to grow alongside the wheat, or did the church try to weed them out? This is a readable book for anyone interested in the church and history.”