I think it is o.k. for me, as a member of the editorial board of Studies in
Medieval and Reformation Thought, to indicate that we will soon publish a
book by Wietse de Boer on the Borromean reforms at Milan, specifically
regarding the confessional and discipline. I won't spill more beans than
that, except to say that this book examines in great detail the first
systematic (and paradigmatic) implementation of one of the most important
Tridentine reforms.
Andrew Gow
At 07:55 PM 1/22/00 CST, you wrote:
>It must be frankly admitted that there is no good synopsis of the Council of
>Trent for beginners. That Jedin's _Geschicte des Konzils_ is only half
>translated into English (and years ago, at that) is a fair indicator of how
>little scholarly curiosity has been focused on this council in the
>English-speaking world.
>
>The works mentioned in earlier letters are as good as far as they go. Hsia's
>sixteen-page chapter is sketchy, but his annotated bibliography (with some
>works in languages other than English) is a helpful beginning. An alternate
>avenue of attack to to follow the abundant literature on the Catholic
>Reformation / Counter-Reformation question. Shortly, Harvard Univ. Pr. will
>be publishing some Oxford lectures on the topic by John O'Malley; these
should
>be helpful in figuring out Trent's place in the religious uproar of the
>sixteenth century. Another avenue of attack is to follow the career of
>Charles Borromeo, whose implementation of Trent in his archdiocese of Milan
>was more influential across Europe than the conciliar decrees themselves.
>
>As to Pat Sloane's question on biblical translation/interpretation: The
>decree on Scripture came out of the first of Trent's three "sittings"
>(1545-48). I admit I haven't looked at those procedures in a while; however,
>I think the council fathers assumed that the decree would be enforced
wherever
>there was an intact hierarchy and a cooperative secular power to do it.
These
>doctrinal decrees were meant precisely to provide a standard by which to
>identify heresy. The council fathers understood the followers of Luther
to be
>heretics, not merely "separated brethren."
>
>Dave Collins SJ
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