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Edmond Richer and the Renewal of Conciliarism in the 17th century (Hardcover)
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Edmond Richer and the Renewal of Conciliarism in the 17th century (Hardcover)
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In 1611 Edmond Richer, the syndic of the Faculty of Theology of
Paris, published a short but incisive defence of the conciliarist
doctrine under the title De ecclesiastica et politica potestate. He
claimed that this doctrine had been almost uninterruptedly followed
by the University of the Paris since the time of the Council of
Constance in the early 15th century. Within two years, at least six
Latin, French or bilingual editions of the treatise saw the light
as well as an English and a Dutch translation. The book was
condemned at a meeting of the French bishops in March 1612 and its
author was dismissed from his position of syndic of the Faculty of
Theology a few months later. He withdrew from public life but
remained influential. He continued to write in defence of the
conciliarist doctrine and the so-called liberties of the Gallican
Church until his death in 1631. He vehemently opposed Cardinal
Bellarmine's doctrine of the indirect power of popes in temporal
matters but never subscribed to the doctrine of the divine power of
kings. Most of his books were published posthumously.Philippe Denis
retraces Edmond Richer's career and examines his ecclesiological
and political thinking. Without taking all the syndic's opinions at
face value, this volume commits itself to taking seriously Richer's
declared intention, which was to vindicate the teaching of the
School of Paris and that of Jean Gerson in particular. Philippe
Denis places the heated, sometimes aggressive, debates between
Richer and his adversaries in the context of a double progression:
that of the doctrine of an absolute monarchy, a form of government
which had been developing since the troubles of the League, and
that of the Ultramontane ideas, often disputed but supported with
growing vigour, in France and elsewhere, in the context of the
reception of the Council of Trent.Philippe Denis presents the
English translation of his book originally published in French
(Editions du Cerf in Paris, 2014).
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