The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent
The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent
The Council of Trent was a major event in the history of Christianity. It shaped Roman Catholicism's doctrine and practice for the next four hundred years and continues to do so today. The literature on the Council is vast and in numerous languages. This Companion, written by an international group of leading researchers, brings together the latest scholarship on the principal issues treated at the Council: the relationship between Scripture and Tradition, original sin, justification, the sacraments (Baptism, Penance, Confirmation, Eucharist, Holy Orders, Marriage, and the Annointing of the Sick), sacred images, sacred music, and its reform of religious orders, the training of the clergy, the provision of pastoral care in the parish setting, and the implementation of its decrees. The volume demonstrates that the Council unwittingly furthered the papal centralization of authority by allowing the interpretation of its decrees to be the exclusive prerogative of the Holy See, and entrusting it with their implementation.
- Allows for a more nuanced and more open-minded interpretation of the council' decrees, displaying the diversity of opinion at the council and the effort to find consensus
- Shows how the decrees were carefully formulated to address specific issues, avoiding condemnations of anyone by name
- Explores the historical context in which theological ideas were formed
Reviews & endorsements
'This book offers a concise, yet considered, wide-ranging as well as refreshingly unanachronistic (and unpolemical) survey of a meeting whose outcomes have shaped the teaching and experience of being a member of the Roman Catholic Church for over four centuries. For that reason alone, this volume is to be welcomed, and its editor, the ever-attentive and eagle-eyed Nelson Minnich, warmly congratulated for bringing together and managing such a talented and well-qualified team of contributors to good effect.' Simon Ditchfield, Journal of Jesuit Studies
'[A] very successful introduction to the history of the Council and provides an understanding of what happened in Trent in an assembly that reshaped the face of Catholicism.' Mateo Al Kalak, The Catholic Historical Review
'Both seminary libraries and graduate programs in church history should stock this title, but it may also find a serious readership among diocesan ecumenical offices.' Patrick J. Hayes, Catholic Library World
Product details
March 2023Paperback
9781108741392
358 pages
228 × 151 × 21 mm
0.55kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction Nelson H. Minnich
- 2. The organizational structure of the Council of Trent Nelson H. Minnich
- 3. Schools of theology at the Council of Trent Christian D. Washburn
- 4. Scripture and traditions at the Council of Trent: the fourth and fifth sessions 1546 Wim François
- 5. Original sin and justification Michael Root
- 6. Sacraments in general, baptism and confirmation John F. Baldovin, S. J.
- 7. The sacrament of penance at the Council: innovation as a confirmation of the centuries-old tradition of confession Roberto Rusconi
- 8. Presence and sacrifice: the Council of Trent on the eucharist Bruce D. Marshall
- 9. Bishops Vincenzo Lavenia
- 10. The Tridentine Proposal for the formation of the clergy: the seminaries Simona Negruzzo
- 11. Pastoral Care Celeste McNamara
- 12. The Decree on Marriage Gabriella Zarri
- 13. Reform of the Religious Orders Michael Tavuzzi
- 14. Sacred Art Marcia Hall
- 15. Sacred Music David Crook
- 16. The Papacy and the Application of Conciliar Decrees Agostino Borromeo.
