Frederick J. Parrella
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195178067
- eISBN:
- 9780199784905
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195178068.003.0018
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This concluding chapter presents a synthesis of the chapters included in this volume. It is argued that the chapters in this book help us grasp and understand the Church not as an eternal community ...
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This concluding chapter presents a synthesis of the chapters included in this volume. It is argued that the chapters in this book help us grasp and understand the Church not as an eternal community with unchangeable teachings and rituals, but as a historical and dynamic reality with a rich and vibrant theological tradition.Less
This concluding chapter presents a synthesis of the chapters included in this volume. It is argued that the chapters in this book help us grasp and understand the Church not as an eternal community with unchangeable teachings and rituals, but as a historical and dynamic reality with a rich and vibrant theological tradition.
Giuseppe Alberigo
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195178067
- eISBN:
- 9780199784905
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195178068.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter describes the emergence of the system called “Tridentinism” following the Council of Trent. The Council incorporated, redefined, and updated the norms of the previous centuries to such ...
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This chapter describes the emergence of the system called “Tridentinism” following the Council of Trent. The Council incorporated, redefined, and updated the norms of the previous centuries to such an extent that it became preferable to view these norms through the lens of the Council's decrees. The body of Tridentine decrees increasingly edged all previous sources out of ecclesiastical use. Thus, it became obligatory to refer to Trent for solutions to every problem that arose, doctrinal or institutional. As a result, post-Tridentine Catholicism gradually took on a uniformity that nobody would have dared to think possible during the acute phase of the Protestant schism. This “Tridentinism” even managed to penetrate, in important ways, certain parts of the Protestant world.Less
This chapter describes the emergence of the system called “Tridentinism” following the Council of Trent. The Council incorporated, redefined, and updated the norms of the previous centuries to such an extent that it became preferable to view these norms through the lens of the Council's decrees. The body of Tridentine decrees increasingly edged all previous sources out of ecclesiastical use. Thus, it became obligatory to refer to Trent for solutions to every problem that arose, doctrinal or institutional. As a result, post-Tridentine Catholicism gradually took on a uniformity that nobody would have dared to think possible during the acute phase of the Protestant schism. This “Tridentinism” even managed to penetrate, in important ways, certain parts of the Protestant world.
Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199272723
- eISBN:
- 9780191801006
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199272723.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History, History of Religion
This book examines processes of Catholic renewal from a unique perspective. Rather than concentrating on the much studied heartlands of Catholic Europe, it focuses primarily on a series of societies ...
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This book examines processes of Catholic renewal from a unique perspective. Rather than concentrating on the much studied heartlands of Catholic Europe, it focuses primarily on a series of societies on the European periphery and examines how Catholicism adapted to very different conditions in areas such as Ireland, Britain, the Netherlands, East-Central Europe, and the Balkans. In certain of these societies, such as Austria and Bohemia, the Catholic Reformation advanced in tandem with very rigorous processes of state coercion. In other Habsburg territories, most notably Royal Hungary, and in Poland, Catholic monarchs were forced to deploy less confrontational methods, which nevertheless enjoyed significant measures of success. On the Western fringe of the continent, Catholic renewal recorded its greatest advances in Ireland but even in the Netherlands it maintained a significant body of adherents, despite considerable state hostility. In the Balkans, the book examines the manner in which the papacy invested substantially more resources and diplomatic efforts in pursuing military strategies against the Ottoman empire than in supporting missionary and educational activity. The chronological focus of the book is also unusual because on the peripheries of Europe the timing of Catholic reform occurred differently. The book begins with the pontificate of Clement VIII and, rather than treating religious renewal in the later sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as essentially a continuation of established patterns of reform, it argues for the need to understand the contingency of this process and its constant adaptation to contemporary events and preoccupations.Less
This book examines processes of Catholic renewal from a unique perspective. Rather than concentrating on the much studied heartlands of Catholic Europe, it focuses primarily on a series of societies on the European periphery and examines how Catholicism adapted to very different conditions in areas such as Ireland, Britain, the Netherlands, East-Central Europe, and the Balkans. In certain of these societies, such as Austria and Bohemia, the Catholic Reformation advanced in tandem with very rigorous processes of state coercion. In other Habsburg territories, most notably Royal Hungary, and in Poland, Catholic monarchs were forced to deploy less confrontational methods, which nevertheless enjoyed significant measures of success. On the Western fringe of the continent, Catholic renewal recorded its greatest advances in Ireland but even in the Netherlands it maintained a significant body of adherents, despite considerable state hostility. In the Balkans, the book examines the manner in which the papacy invested substantially more resources and diplomatic efforts in pursuing military strategies against the Ottoman empire than in supporting missionary and educational activity. The chronological focus of the book is also unusual because on the peripheries of Europe the timing of Catholic reform occurred differently. The book begins with the pontificate of Clement VIII and, rather than treating religious renewal in the later sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as essentially a continuation of established patterns of reform, it argues for the need to understand the contingency of this process and its constant adaptation to contemporary events and preoccupations.
Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199272723
- eISBN:
- 9780191801006
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199272723.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History, History of Religion
This chapter explores the manner in which European Catholicism evolved in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It examines how the confessional geography of the continent was affected ...
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This chapter explores the manner in which European Catholicism evolved in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It examines how the confessional geography of the continent was affected by events such as the reconciliation of Henri IV, the consolidation of the state church in England, the great rebellion in Ireland, the Styrian Counter-Reformation, the accession of Sigismund Vasa as King of Poland and Sweden, and the failure of the Habsburg war against the Ottomans in Hungary. The chapter argues that Catholic renewal during this period represented far more than the mere implementation of a programme agreed at Trent. Rather, change within the Roman church was contingent on events, possibilities, and personalities which operated to mutate and alter the Tridentine legacy as well as to fulfil it.Less
This chapter explores the manner in which European Catholicism evolved in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It examines how the confessional geography of the continent was affected by events such as the reconciliation of Henri IV, the consolidation of the state church in England, the great rebellion in Ireland, the Styrian Counter-Reformation, the accession of Sigismund Vasa as King of Poland and Sweden, and the failure of the Habsburg war against the Ottomans in Hungary. The chapter argues that Catholic renewal during this period represented far more than the mere implementation of a programme agreed at Trent. Rather, change within the Roman church was contingent on events, possibilities, and personalities which operated to mutate and alter the Tridentine legacy as well as to fulfil it.
