Council of Trent
Anointing of the Sick
The Anointing of the Sick, or Extreme Unction: James 5, Innocent I, the medieval deathbed rite, Trent and the 1972 reform, Rome’s teaching on its effects, and the answer of Luther, Calvin, and Scripture.
Anointing of the Sick
The Anointing of the Sick, or Extreme Unction: James 5, Innocent I, the medieval deathbed rite, Trent and the 1972 reform, Rome’s teaching on its effects, and the answer of Luther, Calvin, and Scripture.
Baptism in Roman Catholic Teaching
What the Roman Catholic Church teaches about baptism: its necessity, its effects, its indelible mark, and its claim on the baptized; with the origin of infant baptism, the factors that shaped it, its bond with civil allegiance, and a biblical response.
Baptism in Roman Catholic Teaching
What the Roman Catholic Church teaches about baptism: its necessity, its effects, its indelible mark, and its claim on the baptized; with the origin of infant baptism, the factors that shaped it, its bond with civil allegiance, and a biblical response.
Charles Borromeo
The nephew of Pius IV who drove Trent to its finish and made Milan the model of a Counter-Reformation diocese.
Confirmation
Confirmation in Roman Catholic teaching: its origin in the baptismal rite, its separation in the West, the Melchiades text, Trent and the Catechism, the answer of Luther and Calvin, and the witness of Scripture.
Confirmation
Confirmation in Roman Catholic teaching: its origin in the baptismal rite, its separation in the West, the Melchiades text, Trent and the Catechism, the answer of Luther and Calvin, and the witness of Scripture.
Faith and Assurance Comparison
Table RCC17: Roman Catholic teaching on assurance of salvation, perseverance, and faith compared with Scripture, drawn from the Catechism and the Council of Trent.
Faith and Assurance Comparison
Table RCC17: Roman Catholic teaching on assurance of salvation, perseverance, and faith compared with Scripture, drawn from the Catechism and the Council of Trent.
Gasparo Contarini
The Venetian cardinal who came nearest to agreement with the Protestants at Regensburg in 1541, and failed.
Giovanni Morone
The diplomat-cardinal who was imprisoned by Paul IV on suspicion of heresy and then steered the Council of Trent to its close.
Glossary of Catholic Terms
A glossary of Roman Catholic terms defined from Rome's own Catechism, Code of Canon Law, and papal documents, each with a brief answer from Scripture and the Reformation.
Glossary of Catholic Terms
A glossary of Roman Catholic terms defined from Rome's own Catechism, Code of Canon Law, and papal documents, each with a brief answer from Scripture and the Reformation.
Holy Orders
Holy Orders in Roman Catholic teaching: the sacrificing priesthood, the seven orders, the delivery of the instruments, celibacy, Trent and the Catechism, and the answer of Luther, Calvin, and Scripture.
Holy Orders
Holy Orders in Roman Catholic teaching: the sacrificing priesthood, the seven orders, the delivery of the instruments, celibacy, Trent and the Catechism, and the answer of Luther, Calvin, and Scripture.
Holy Orders Comparison
Table RCC15: Roman Catholic teaching on holy orders compared with Scripture, on the two priesthoods, ordination, the powers of the priest, permanence, institution, the word priest in translation, and celibacy.
Holy Orders Comparison
Table RCC15: Roman Catholic teaching on holy orders compared with Scripture, on the two priesthoods, ordination, the powers of the priest, permanence, institution, the word priest in translation, and celibacy.
Indulgences
The Roman doctrine of indulgences and the controversy that led Luther to post the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517.
Indulgences
The Roman doctrine of indulgences and the controversy that led Luther to post the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517.
Martin Chemnitz
A short biography of Martin Chemnitz (1522–1586), Lutheran theologian of Brunswick, author of the Examination of the Council of Trent and a chief architect of the Formula of Concord.
Matrimony
Matrimony as a Roman Catholic sacrament: Ephesians 5:32 and the Vulgate, its medieval rise, Trent on celibacy and divorce, the Catechism, and the answer of Luther, Calvin, and Scripture.
Matrimony
Matrimony as a Roman Catholic sacrament: Ephesians 5:32 and the Vulgate, its medieval rise, Trent on celibacy and divorce, the Catechism, and the answer of Luther, Calvin, and Scripture.
Mortal and Venial Sins
Rome's distinction between mortal and venial sin, in the words of the Catechism and the Council of Trent, set beside the answer of Calvin, the Westminster Standards, and the Puritans: every sin deserves death, and the blood of Christ cleanses from all sin.
Mortal and Venial Sins
Rome's distinction between mortal and venial sin, in the words of the Catechism and the Council of Trent, set beside the answer of Calvin, the Westminster Standards, and the Puritans: every sin deserves death, and the blood of Christ cleanses from all sin.
Nature of Man Comparison
Table RCC14: Roman Catholic teaching on the nature of man compared with Scripture, on the image of God, original righteousness, the fall, original sin, concupiscence, the mind and will, grace, merit, and Mary.
Nature of Man Comparison
Table RCC14: Roman Catholic teaching on the nature of man compared with Scripture, on the image of God, original righteousness, the fall, original sin, concupiscence, the mind and will, grace, merit, and Mary.
Pope Paul III
Pope Paul III, the Renaissance pope who convened the Council of Trent and launched the Roman response to the Reformation.
Pope Paul III
Pope Paul III, the Renaissance pope who convened the Council of Trent and launched the Roman response to the Reformation.
Pope Pius IV
The pope who brought the Council of Trent to its close, confirmed its decrees, and imposed the Tridentine Profession of Faith.
Pope Pius IV
The pope who brought the Council of Trent to its close, confirmed its decrees, and imposed the Tridentine Profession of Faith.
Purgatory
The Roman doctrine of purgatory, its place in the medieval system of indulgences, and the Reformers’ scriptural response.
Purgatory
The Roman doctrine of purgatory, its place in the medieval system of indulgences, and the Reformers’ scriptural response.
Redemption
How the Reformation recovered the biblical gospel of redemption by grace through faith in Christ as God’s power to save sinners.
Roman Catholic Decrees
A timeline of the official decrees of Roman Catholic councils and popes that bear on the Reformation: Scripture, salvation, the sacraments, worship, Mary, papal authority, and persecution.
Roman Catholic Decrees
A timeline of the official decrees of Roman Catholic councils and popes that bear on the Reformation: Scripture, salvation, the sacraments, worship, Mary, papal authority, and persecution.
Roman Catholic Justification
The doctrine of justification as the central issue between Rome and the Reformers, on which every other difference rests.
Roman Catholic Justification
The doctrine of justification as the central issue between Rome and the Reformers, on which every other difference rests.
Roman Catholicism
An introduction to Roman Catholic belief, doctrine, and polity, and how the Reformers answered it from Scripture.
Roman Catholicism
An introduction to Roman Catholic belief, doctrine, and polity, and how the Reformers answered it from Scripture.
Sacraments
The historical development of the medieval sacramental system and the Reformers’ recovery of a biblical understanding of grace, baptism, and the Lord’s Supper.
Solus Christus
Solus Christus: from Luther’s cry to St. Anne and the crowded sanctuary of medieval piety to the one Mediator; Trent on the sacrifice of the Mass and the invocation of saints; Christ’s finished work; and why the only wound in heaven is our only hope.
Stanislaus Hosius
The Polish cardinal who led the Counter-Reformation in Poland, presided at Trent, and worked to bring Sweden back to Rome.
The Anathemas of Trent
The thirty-three canons on justification decreed by the Council of Trent in its sixth session, January 13, 1547, each ending with anathema sit, in the 1851 translation of Theodore Alois Buckley.
The Anathemas of Trent
The thirty-three canons on justification decreed by the Council of Trent in its sixth session, January 13, 1547, each ending with anathema sit, in the 1851 translation of Theodore Alois Buckley.
The Council of Trent
The Council of Trent, 1545 to 1563: Rome's answer to the Reformation. Its three periods, the decree on Scripture and tradition, the decree on justification and its anathemas, the abuses it genuinely reformed, and the Protestant replies of Calvin and Chemnitz.
The Council of Trent
The Council of Trent, 1545 to 1563: Rome's answer to the Reformation. Its three periods, the decree on Scripture and tradition, the decree on justification and its anathemas, the abuses it genuinely reformed, and the Protestant replies of Calvin and Chemnitz.
The Counter-Reformation
The Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: its roots before Luther, the Council of Trent and its anathemas, the Jesuits, the Roman Inquisition and the Index, and what it reformed and what it refused.
The Counter-Reformation
The Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: its roots before Luther, the Council of Trent and its anathemas, the Jesuits, the Roman Inquisition and the Index, and what it reformed and what it refused.
The Eucharist
The Eucharist as Rome administers it: its place among the sacraments, the Easter duty, confession before communion, the withheld cup, its effects on venial sin, adoration, and viaticum, weighed by the Reformers and Scripture.
The Eucharist
The Eucharist as Rome administers it: its place among the sacraments, the Easter duty, confession before communion, the withheld cup, its effects on venial sin, adoration, and viaticum, weighed by the Reformers and Scripture.
The Latin Vulgate
An appreciation and critical assessment of Jerome’s Latin Vulgate, its medieval authority, and its complex role in Western Christianity.
The Mass
Why the Reformers rejected the Roman Mass as a repeated sacrifice, and what Scripture teaches of the Lord’s Supper.
The Mass
Why the Reformers rejected the Roman Mass as a repeated sacrifice, and what Scripture teaches of the Lord’s Supper.
The Nature of Man in Roman Catholic Teaching
What the Roman Catholic Church teaches about the nature of man: the image of God and original justice, man's state at birth, the abilities and inabilities of the fallen will, how the doctrine developed, the factors that shaped it, and a biblical response.
The Nature of Man in Roman Catholic Teaching
What the Roman Catholic Church teaches about the nature of man: the image of God and original justice, man's state at birth, the abilities and inabilities of the fallen will, how the doctrine developed, the factors that shaped it, and a biblical response.
The Popes During the Reformation
The condition of the papacy through the Reformation and the succession of popes who responded to it.
The Popes During the Reformation
The condition of the papacy through the Reformation and the succession of popes who responded to it.
The Sacrament of Penance
The sacrament of penance: the second plank after shipwreck, its rise from public discipline to private confession, contrition and attrition, confession and absolution, satisfaction and indulgences, and the answer of the Reformers and Scripture.
The Sacrament of Penance
The sacrament of penance: the second plank after shipwreck, its rise from public discipline to private confession, contrition and attrition, confession and absolution, satisfaction and indulgences, and the answer of the Reformers and Scripture.
Transubstantiation
The Roman doctrine of transubstantiation and the Englishmen burned for denying it during the Reformation.
Transubstantiation
The Roman doctrine of transubstantiation and the Englishmen burned for denying it during the Reformation.
