Trent What Happened at the Council

Name: Trent What Happened at the Council
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ISBN: 9780674066977

ISBN-10: 0674066979

ISBN-13: 9780674066977

Edition: 2013

Authors: John W. O'Malley

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The Council of Trent (1545–1563), the Catholic Church’s attempt to put its house in order in response to the Protestant Reformation, has long been praised and blamed for things it never did. Now, in this first full one-volume history in modern times, John W. O’Malley brings to life the volatile issues that pushed several Holy Roman emperors, kings and queens of France, and five popes—and all of Europe with them—repeatedly to the brink of disaster.During the council’s eighteen years, war and threat of war among the key players, as well as the Ottoman Turks’ onslaught against Christendom, turned the council into a perilous enterprise. Its leaders declined to make a pronouncement on war…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/15/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

John W. O'Malley, S.J., is professor in the Department of Church History at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology.



Introduction



The Fifteenth-Century Prelude



The Struggle to Convoke the Council



The First Period, 1545-1547



The Middle Years, 1547-1562



The Council Resumes, 1562-1563



The Council Concludes


Epilogue



The Twenty-Five Sessions of the Council of Trent



The Tridentine Profession of Faith


Abbreviations


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index