Many people today are struggling with the problem of the church. Can the present structures be reformed within, or should they simply by abandoned as barriers to the recovery of community? Peter Martyr Vermigli faced this issue in the 16th century. He made a major contribution to the progress of the Reformation through his lectures, letters and publications from teaching posts at Oxford, Strasbourg and Zurich. This work is an intimate account of this theologian’s life and work.