A Long River

“With this in mind, the point is to recall the reader to the ancient biblical faith, which, as it has fought faithfully down through the ages, has acquired many different names as the war progressed — Catholics, Waldensians, Huguenots, Calvinists, Methodists, Puritans. Some names have been corrupted and lost, and others made irrelevant by the flow of events. No virtue is found in any given name, but if we are to understand the history of the Church, we should seek a name which takes all of the battles into account, and which stands in unity with all the brethren” (Mother Kirk, p. 35).