Conciliarism and Papalism - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521476747 ISBN 13: 9780521476744

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Riassunto

Almost on the eve of the sixteenth-century Reformation, the long-running debate over the respective authority of popes and councils in the Catholic Church was vigorously resumed. In this collection the editors bring together the first English translation of four major contributions to that debate. In these texts, complex arguments derived from Scripture, theology, and canon law are deployed. The issues that emerge, however, prove to have a broader significance. What is foreshadowed here is the confrontation between 'absolutism' and 'constitutionalism' which was to be a dominant theme in the politics of early-modern Europe and beyond. Even on the threshold of the twenty-first century the concerns that underlie and animate the scholastic disputations in these pages retain their force. This 1997 volume includes introductory material which elucidates the context of the debate, as well as a comprehensive bibliography.

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Recensione:

'Conciliarism had been one of the most important topics of debate in the church for a century, only to be overtaken by the Reformation controversies. These texts show just how sophisticated and lively the debate still was on the eve of the Reformation.' History

Descrizione del libro:

The texts in this 1997 collection represent major contributions to the debate over the respective authority of popes and councils in the Catholic Church, which resumed almost on the eve of the sixteenth-century Reformation. These complex arguments are fundamental for any society under government and they continue to retain their force today.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521476747
• ISBN 13: 9780521476744
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 354
• Redattore: Burns J. H.