The document summarizes key events and movements that impacted the church up until the Enlightenment period: 1) The Anabaptists rejected infant baptism. 2) The Puritans sought to purify the Church of unbiblical traditions under Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. 3) Presbyterians debated how men should exercise authority in the Church according to Scripture. 4) The Enlightenment advanced fields of study and emphasized the individual over community, challenging the Church's authority by promoting reason and physical explanations over spiritual ones.