Beards, Azymes, and Purgatory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beards, Azymes, and Purgatory write by A. Edward Siecienski. This book was released on 2022-09-30. Beards, Azymes, and Purgatory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In 1576, as the Protestant Reformation continued to sweep across Western Europe and Catholic prelates tried to stem the tide through diligent application of Trent's reforming agenda, the Cardinal Archbishop of Milan, Charles Borromeo (1538-84) penned a letter to his clergy. In order to restore the Church to its former glory, he enjoined his "beloved brethren" to "bring back good observances and holy customs which have grown cold and been abandoned over the course of time." Chief among them, he wrote, was the custom, which although ancient, had been "practically lost nearly everywhere in Italy . . . I mean the practice that ecclesiastical persons not grow, but rather shave the beard, . . .a custom of our Fathers, almost perpetually retained in the Church" that was "replete with mystical meanings.""--
Beards, Azymes, and Purgatory
Beards, Azymes, and Purgatory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beards, Azymes, and Purgatory write by Anthony Edward Siecienski. This book was released on 2022. Beards, Azymes, and Purgatory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Beards, Azymes, and Purgatory A. Edward Siecienski argues that seemingly minor issues--the beardlessness of the Latin clergy, the Western use of unleavened bread in the Eucharist, and the doctrine of Purgatory--played a significant role in the schism between the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
The Filioque
The Filioque - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Filioque write by A. Edward Siecienski. This book was released on 2010-06-03. The Filioque available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ed Siecinski examines how the Church has viewed the procession of the Holy Spirit throughout its history, beginning with the Trinitarian controversies of the early Christian centuries. The first comprehensive study of the key controversy separating the Eastern and Western churches.
Empire of Souls
Empire of Souls - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Empire of Souls write by Stefania Tutino. This book was released on 2010-10-12. Empire of Souls available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Robert Bellarmine was one of the pillars of post-Reformation Catholicism: he was a celebrated theologian and a highly ranked member of the Congregations of the Inquisition and of the Index, the censor in charge of the Galileo affair. Bellarmine was also one of the most original political theorists of his time, and he participated directly in many of the political conflicts that agitated Europe between the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century. Stefania Tutino offers the first full-length study of the impact of Bellarmine's theory of the potestas indirecta in early modern Europe. Following the reactions to Bellarmine's theory across national and confessional boundaries, this book explores some of the most crucial political and theological knots in the history of post-Reformation Europe, from the controversy over the Oath of Allegiance to the battle over the Interdetto in Venice. The book sets those political and religious controversies against the background of the theological and institutional developments of the post-Tridentine Catholic Church. By examining the violent and at times surprising controversies originated by Bellarmine's theory, this book challenges some of the traditional assumptions regarding the theological shape of post-Tridentine Catholicism; it offers a fresh perspective on the centrality of the links between confessional affiliation and political allegiance in the development of the modern nation-states; and it contributes to our understanding of the development of 'modern' notions of power and authority.
Consciences and the Reformation
Consciences and the Reformation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Consciences and the Reformation write by Timothy R. Scheuers. This book was released on 2023-08-01. Consciences and the Reformation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the contentious relationship between oath-taking, confessional subscription, and the binding of the conscience in reforms led by John Calvin. Calvin and his closest Reformed colleagues routinely distinguished what they believed were impious rules and constitutions in the Roman Church--human traditions claiming to bind the consciences of the faithful by putting them in fear of losing their salvation--and legitimate church observances, such as oaths and formal subscription to Reformed confessional standards. Doctrinal and moral reform in the cities became difficult, however, when friends and foes alike accused Calvin and his partners of burdening consciences with extra-Scriptural statements of faith composed by human authorities--a claim that, if true, would necessarily shape our assessment of the integrity of Calvin's Reformation. In light of these conflicts, author Timothy R. Scheuers offers a close reading of the texts and controversies surrounding Calvin's struggle for reform. In particular, he shows how they reveal the unique challenges Calvin and his colleagues encountered as they attempted to employ oath-swearing and formal confession of faith in order to consolidate the reformation of church and society. This book demonstrates how oaths and vows were used to shape confessional identity, secure social order, forge community, and promote faithfulness in public and private contracts. It also illustrates the complex and difficult task of protecting the individual conscience as Calvin sought to bring his new take on Christian freedom into Reformed communities.
