Karl Adam The main reason we decided to republish this wonderful little book by Professor Karl Adam is that I wish someone had given it to me years ago when I was a young Lutheran or later when I was a Protestant pastor Like most Protestants I understood the Reformation from only one perspective I had never truly considered nor listened to the Catholic side because I had never read anything about the Catholic Church written by a faithful Catholic The beauty of Karl Adam s approach is that his historically sensitive and accurate analysis of the causes of the Reformation stands as a valid and sometimes unsettling challenge to the presuppositions of Protestants and Catholics alike I strongly encourage you to read this book with an open mind and a prayerful heart I guarantee that it will lead you to a deeper understanding of your own faith heritage if not a challenge to it Of course it is the hope of the Coming Home Network that this book wil