The Council of Trent: Reform and Controversy in Europe and Beyond (1545-1700)

Vol. 1: Between Trent, Rome and Wittenberg

Wim François, Violet Soen, Wim François, Violet Soen, Violet Soen, Wim François

• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9783525551073
• eBook ISBN:
  9783647551074
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: European History

Exactly 450 years after the solemn closure of the Council of Trent on 4 December 1563, scholars from diverse regional, disciplinary and confessional backgrounds convened in Leuven to reflect upon the impact of this Council, not only in Europe but also beyond. Their conclusions are to be found in these three impressive volumes. Bridging different generations of scholarship, the authors reassess in a first volume Tridentine views on the Bible, theology and liturgy, as well as their reception by Protestants, deconstructing many myths surviving in scholarship and society alike. They also deal with the mechanisms 'Rome' developed to hold a grip on the Council's implementation. The second volume analyzes the changes in local ecclesiastical life, initiated by bishops, orders and congregations, and the political strife and confessionalisation accompanying this reform process. The third and final volume examines the afterlife of Trent in arts and music, as well as in the global impact of Trent through missions.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Wim François/Violet Soen: 450 Years Later. Louvain's Contribution to the Ongoing Historiography on the Council of Trent
• Body
• Setting the Stage
• Robert Bireley (†): The Religious Movements of the Sixteenth Century as Responses to a Changing World
• John W. O'Malley: What Happened and Did Not Happen at the Council of Trent
• Günther Wassilowsky: The Myths of the Council of Trent and the Construction of Catholic Confessional Culture
• Trent, the Bible, and Liturgy
• Els Agten/Wim François: The Council of Trent and Vernacular Bible Reading: What Happened in the Build-Up to and during the Fourth Session (1546)?
• Wim François/Antonio Gerace: Trent and the Latin Vulgate: A Louvain Project?
• Joris Geldhof: Trent and the Production of Liturgical Books in its Aftermath
• Vasyl Popelyastyy: The Post-Tridentine Theology of the Sacrament of Penance on the Basis of the Rituale Romanum (1614)
• Antoine Mazurek: Réforme tridentine et culte des saints en Espagne: liturgie romaine et saints ibériques
• Trent, Evangelism and Protestantism
• Camilla Russell: Dangerous Friendships: Girolamo Seripando, Giulia Gonzaga, and the Spirituali in Tridentine Italy
• Emidio Campi: The Council of Trent and the Magisterial Reformers
• Günter Frank: Melanchthon und das Konzil von Trient
• Gerald MacDonald: Martin Chemnitz' Examen Decretorum Concilii Tridentini (1566–1573): A Cornerstone in the Construction of Confessional Europe
• The Roman Centre and the Implementation of the Council of Trent
• Paolo Sachet: Privilege of Rome: The Catholic Church's Attempt to Control the Printed Legacy of the Council of Trent
• Federica Meloni: Le rôle de la Sacrée Congrégation du Concile dans l'interprétation de la réforme tridentine
• Epilogue
• John W. O'Malley: The Council of Trent and Vatican II
• About the Authors
• Contents of Volumes 2 and 3