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The Fifth Lateran Council (1512-17), whose 500th anniversary is
being commemorated, has left a legacy little studied by scholars.
The council's status as an ecumenical council was questioned by its
opponents and its decrees ignored, resisted, or only slowly
implemented. This new collection of articles by Nelson H. Minnich
examines: what is an ecumenical council, the reasons Lateran V
qualifies as such, the roles the popes played in it, the council as
a theater for demonstrating papal power, what was proposed as its
agenda, what decrees were issued, and to what extent they were
implemented. The decrees that receive special attention are those:
affirming the legitimacy of the credit organizations known as
montes pietatis that charged management fees, imposing
prepublication censorship on printed works, abrogating the
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges (1438), reining in the privileges of
mendicant friars, and closing the council while imposing a crusade
tithe. These decrees were gradually implemented and Carlo Borromeo
incorporated some of the Lateran reform decrees into his conciliar
legislation that was taken up by other bishops. Lateran V did leave
a lasting legacy and Leo X considered the council one of his great
achievements. The volume includes four studies not previously
published in English.
The Fifth Lateran Council (1512-17), whose 500th anniversary is
being commemorated, has left a legacy little studied by scholars.
The council's status as an ecumenical council was questioned by its
opponents and its decrees ignored, resisted, or only slowly
implemented. This new collection of articles by Nelson H. Minnich
examines: what is an ecumenical council, the reasons Lateran V
qualifies as such, the roles the popes played in it, the council as
a theater for demonstrating papal power, what was proposed as its
agenda, what decrees were issued, and to what extent they were
implemented. The decrees that receive special attention are those:
affirming the legitimacy of the credit organizations known as
montes pietatis that charged management fees, imposing
prepublication censorship on printed works, abrogating the
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges (1438), reining in the privileges of
mendicant friars, and closing the council while imposing a crusade
tithe. These decrees were gradually implemented and Carlo Borromeo
incorporated some of the Lateran reform decrees into his conciliar
legislation that was taken up by other bishops. Lateran V did leave
a lasting legacy and Leo X considered the council one of his great
achievements. The volume includes four studies not previously
published in English. (CS1060).
This new collection by Nelson Minnich deals with the general
councils of the Catholic Reformation in the late medieval and early
modern periods. The volume opens with overviews of the various
editions of and current scholarship on these general councils.
Three studies then give special attention to the role of
theologians in these councils: their changing legal status
(consultative or deliberative voting rights) and their individual
roles and those of the various theological schools in drafting the
decrees. Another article examines the legal status of theologians
accused of heresy and schism. Two examine the contest between the
councils of Pisa-Milan-Asti-Lyon and Lateran V for legitimacy,
studying in particular the contrasting image of Julius II
(suspended for contumacy by Pisa but the strong leader of Lateran
V) and the role ceremonies played in securing legitimacy. Last,
there are three studies devoted to the Council of Trent: the status
of the Protestants who came to the council, its debates on the
priesthood of all believers, and the influence of Lateran V on its
procedures, debates, and decrees.
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.
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.
When Martin Luther distributed his 95 Theses on indulgences on
October 31, 1517, he set in motion a chain of events that
profoundly transformed the face of Western Christianity. The 500th
anniversary of the 95 Theses offered an opportunity to reassess the
meaning of that event. The relation of the Catholic Church to the
Reformation that Luther set in motion is complex. The Reformation
had roots in the late-medieval Catholic tradition and the Catholic
reaction to the Reformation altered Catholicism in complex ways,
both positive and negative. The theology and practice of the
Orthodox church also entered into the discussions. A conference
entitled "Luther and the Shaping of the Catholic Tradition," held
at The Catholic University of America, with thirteen Catholic,
Orthodox, and Protestant speakers from Germany, Finland, France,
the Vatican, and the United States addressed these issues and shed
new light on the historical, theological, cultural relationship
between Luther and the Catholic tradition. It contributes to
deepening and extending the recent ecumenical tradition of
Luther-Catholic studies.
This collection of essays is taken from the pages of The Catholic
Historical Review, the official organ of the American Catholic
Historical Association and the only scholarly journal under
Catholic auspices in the English-speaking world devoted to the
history of the Universal Church. Journeys in Church History offers
reflections from six leading contemporary church historians, who
describe in their own words how they have come to practice their
craft. They trace their family and educational backgrounds, the
themes that attracted their attention, the challenges they
encountered in researching them, the new methodologies they adopted
to answer questions, and the reception given to their findings.
They also tell of their experiences in the classroom, both as
students and teachers, the difficulties they encountered in their
careers due to prejudices based on gender or religion, and how the
discipline of church history has changed over their lifetimes.
Their often entertaining accounts will serve to inform and inspire
fellow historians, both young and old. The contributors to this
volume are: Elizabeth Clark, who pioneered studies of the role of
women in the early Church. Caroline Bynum showed how Christians
viewed gender and the human body. Jean Delumeau studies the
religious attitudes (mentalite) of the ordinaryfaithful and how
these were shaped during the medieval and early modern periods.
John W. O'Mally documents that Renaissance humanism was not pagan
but profoundly Christian. The promotion of institutions of higher
education under the auspices of the Catholic Church in America has
been studied by J. Philip Gleason. Margaret Lavinia Anderson was
among the first to use computers to analyze voting patterns in
modern Germany and thus determine the influence of the Center
Party.
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