ABSTRACT
It is common practice to divide the Protestant Reformation into two groups: the Magisterial Reformation and the Radical Reformation. Those Reformers we have discussed in the last few chapters fit into the former category, for they sought to utilize the support of the magistrates (public officials) and governing authorities to advance their reform movements. These Reformers worked with the secular state authorities to champion their own religious views and to expel those they deemed heretics.
