“Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against Him, how they might destroy Him. But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew Himself from thence: and great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all;”
Mt. 12:14-15
“Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put Him to death;”
Mt. 26:59
“And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.”
Acts 5:41
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Order of Contents
Articles 3+
Books 8
History 5
Not Valid 3
Doctrines 5
Latin 2
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Articles
1500’s
Fabricius Montanus, Johannes – An Oration… whereby he teaches that Christian Men Cannot Resort to the Council of Trent without Committing an Heinous Offence ([London] 1562) 59 pp.
Fabricius (1527-1566) was a German reformed minister, neo-Latin poet and a polymath. When the plague broke out in Chur, he refused to abandon his community; eventually he became a victim of the plague himself.
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1600’s
Heidegger, Johann H. – ‘Bulls, Chapters & Canons of the Council of Trent’ (1667-1670) in Various Disputations tr. by AI by Onku (d. 1698), pp. 210-27 Latin
Ramsay, William – The Tridentine-Gospel, or Papal Creed made at Trent & Promulgated at Rome by Pope Pius IV: Exhibited & Demonstrated to be New, Heterodox & Antichristian: in a Sermon (London, 1672) 30 pp.
Ramsay was previously a Romanist priest, professor of philosophy, a missionary preacher of the Franciscans, but then converted and became a minister in the Church of England.
* Turretin, Francis – Q. 33, ‘Does it Belong to the Roman Pontiff to Proclaim & Gather Church Councils, to Preside Over Them & to Confer Upon Them Infallible Authority in Doctrines of Faith & Religion? And is the Council of Trent to be Accepted? We Deny Against the Romanists.’ in Institutes, vol. 3, 18th Topic, ‘The Church’, pp. 306-16
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Books
1500’s
* Calvin, John – Acts of the Council of Trent with the Antidote
Flacius Illyricus, Matthias – A Godly & Necessary Admonition of the Decrees & Canons of the Counsel of Trent… written for those godly disposed persons’ sakes which look for amendment of doctrine & ceremonies to be made by general counsels (London [1564]) 125 pp.
Flacius (1520-1575) was a Lutheran theologian who held to the error of utter depravity (contra the total depravity of reformed theology).
* Chemnitz, Martin – Examination of the Council of Trent, vol. 1 (Scripture, Traditions, Original Sin, Concupiscence, Immaculate Conception, Free Will, Justification, Faith, Good Works), 2 (Sacraments, Confirmation, Eucharist, Both Kinds, Mass, Extreme Unction, Orders, Marriage), 3, 4 in Chemnitz’s Works, vols. 1-4 (1566; Concordia, 1971) ToC 1, 2, 3, 4
Chemnitz (1522-1586) was a major second generation, German, Lutheran theologian. This work has been a standard, even in the eyes of the Reformed.
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1600’s
Burton (bap.1578-1648) was an English, Independent puritan.
Ranchin, Guillaume – A Review of the Council of Trent, wherein are contained the several nullities of it: with the many grievances & prejudices done by it to Christian Kings & Princes: as also to all Catholic Churches in the world; & more particularly to the Gallican [French] Church. First writ in French by a Learned Roman-Catholic (Oxford [1638])
Ranchin (1560-1605)
De Luzancy, Hippolyte du Chastelet – Reflections on the Council of Trent in Three Discourses (Oxford, 1679)
De Luzancy (d. 1713) was an Oxford scholar.
Stratford, Nicholas – The Necessity of Reformation with Respect to the Errors & Corruptions of the Church of Rome, the Second Part: wherein is showed the Vanity of the Pretended Reformation of the Council of Trent & of R.H.’s Vindication of it in his Fifth Discourse concerning the Guide in Controversies (London, 1686) ToC
Stratford (1633-1707)
Stillingfleet, Edward – The Council of Trent Examined & Disproved by Catholic Tradition in the Main Points in Controversy Between us & the Church of Rome, with a Particular Account of the Times & Occasions of Introducing Them: Part 1: to which a Preface is Prefixed Concerning the True Sense of the Council of Trent & the Notion of Transubstantiation (London, 1688) 163 pp.
Stillingfleet (1635-1699) was an Anglican apologist, bishop, theologian and scholar. He was considered an outstanding preacher.
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1700’s
Shuttleworth, Humphrey – Lectures on the Creed of Pope Pius IV: or the Trent Confession of Faith: wherein the Arguments of Cardinal Bellarmine & Other Approved Writers of the Roman Church, in Vindication of the Principal Tenets of Popery, as Distinguished from Primitive Christianity, are Examined & Confuted (London, 1785) ToC
Shuttleworth appears to have been an Anglican.
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On the History of the Council of Trent
Article
1800’s
* Cunningham, William – ch. 18, ‘The Council of Trent’ in Historical Theology, vol. 1, pp. 483-95
Cunningham was a minister and professor in the Free Church of Scotland.
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Books
1600’s
Sarpi (1552-1623) was a Romanist, Venetian historian, prelate, scientist, canon lawyer and statesman active on behalf of the Venetian Republic during the period of its successful defiance of the papal interdict (1605–1607) and its war (1615–1617) with Austria over the Uskok pirates. His writings, frankly polemical and highly critical of the Roman Church and its Scholastic tradition, “inspired both Hobbes and Edward Gibbon in their own historical debunkings of priestcraft.”
Jurieu, Pierre – The History of the Council of Trent is Eight Books: whereunto is prefixed a discourse containing historical reflections on councils, & particularly on the conduct of the Council of Trent, proving that the Protestants are not obliged to submit thereto (London, 1684) 590 pp.
Jurieu (1637-1713) was a French reformed minister. He was called ‘the Goliath of the Protestants’ by Romanists.
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2000’s
eds. Francois, Wim & Violet Soen – The Council of Trent: Reform & Controversy in Europe & Beyond (1545-1700), vol. 1 (Between Trent, Rome & Wittenburg), 2 (Between Bishops & Princes) Pre 1, 2 (V&R, 2018) ToC 1, 2
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Latin Book
1600’s
Heidegger, Johann H. – The Mound of the Council of Trent… where is a Historical-Theological Anatomy of the Council of Trent… vol. 1, 2 (Zurich: Gessner, 1690) ToC 1, 2
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The Council of Trent was Not a Valid Council
Articles
Jewel, John – ‘An Epistle Written… to Seignior Scipeo, a Venetian Gentleman, in Answer to a Letter of his in which he complains of the Kingdom of England for their not appearing in the Council of Trent, nor excusing their Absence by Letters’ in Jewel, The Apology of the Church of England… (d. 1571; London, 1685), pp. 147-196
Jewel (1522-1571) was an important, reformed bishop in the Church of England and controversialist.
* Turretin, Francis – Q. 33, ‘Does it Belong to the Roman Pontiff to Proclaim & Gather Church Councils, to Preside Over Them & to Confer Upon Them Infallible Authority in Doctrines of Faith & Religion? And is the Council of Trent to be Accepted? We Deny Against the Romanists.’ in Institutes, vol. 3, 18th Topic, ‘The Church’, pp. 306-16
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Book
1600’s
de Vargas Mejia, Francisco, et al – The Council of Trent No Free Assembly, More Fully Discovered by a Collection of Letters & Papers of the Learned Dr. Vargas & other Great Ministers who assisted at the Said Synod in Considerable Posts: Published from the Original Manuscripts in Spanish… with an Introductory Discourse concerning Councils, showing how they were brought under Bondage to the Pope tr. Michael Geddes (d. 1560; London, 1697) 247 pp.
de Vargas Meija (1484-1560)
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Trent on Specific Doctrines
Unwritten Traditions
Chemnitz, Martin – A Discovery & Battery of the Great Fort of Unwritten Traditions, Otherwise an Examination of the Council of Trent Touching the Decree of Traditions (London, 1582) 79 pp. ToC
Chemnitz (1522-1586) was a major second generation, German, Lutheran theologian.
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Auricular Confession
Goodman, John – A Discourse concerning Auricular Confession as it is Prescribed by the Council of Trent & Practiced in the Church of Rome: with a Postscript on Occasion of a Book lately Printed in France called Historia Confessionis auricularis [The History of Auricular Confession] (London, 1684) 56 pp.
Goodman (c.1625-1690) was an Anglican.
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Worship of Images
Whitby, Daniel – The Fallibility of the Roman Church Demonstrated from the Manifest Error of the 2nd Nicene & Trent Councils, which assert that the Veneration & Honorary Worship of Images is a Tradition Primitive & Apostolical (London, 1687) 79 pp.
Whitby (c.1637-1726) was an Arminian Anglican minister.
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Transubstantiation
Stillingfleet, Edward – Preface in The Council of Trent Examined… to which a Preface is Prefixed concerning the True Sense of the Council of Trent & the Notion of Transubstantiation (London, 1688), pp. i-xxiii
Stillingfleet (1635-1699) was an Anglican apologist, bishop, theologian and scholar. He was considered an outstanding preacher.
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Taking the Cup from the People
Whitby, Daniel – A Demonstration that the Church of Rome & her Councils have Erred by Showing that the Councils of Constance, Basil & Trent have, in all their Decrees Touching Communion in One Kind, Contradicted the Received Doctrine of the Church of Christ. With an appendix, in answer to the 21st Chapter of the Author of A Papist Misrepresented & Represented (London [1688]) 110 pp.
Whitby (c.1637-1726) was an Arminian Anglican minister.
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Latin Books
1500’s
Chemnitz, Martin – Examination of the Council of Trent… [with] A Chemnitzian Vindication adjoined against Papists, especially against Bellarmine, to the Heel ed. Preuss (1566; Berlin: Schlawitz, 1861) 1050 pp. ToC Indices: Subject, Scripture
Chemnitz (1522-1586) was a major second generation, German, Lutheran theologian.
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Editor’s Preface v
Chemnitz’s Dedication ix
Narration of the Nicean Synod xiv
Part 1
Chemnitz’s Preface 1
1. Sacred Scripture 4
2. Traditions 69
3. Original Sin 99
4. Concupiscence 106
5. (Immaculate) Conception of Mary 120
6. Works of Unbelievers 122
7. Free Choice 129
8. Justification 144
9. Faith 175
10. Good Works 199
Part 2
Chemnitz’s Dedication 219
1. Sacraments in General 225
2. Baptism 264
3. Confirmation 284
4. Sacrament of Eucharist 298
5. Communion under each Kind 342
6. Mass 381
7. Penance 424
8. Contrition 436
9. Confession 440
10. Absolution 453
11. Satisfaction 456
12. Extreme Unction 464
13. Sacrament of Order 473
14. Marriage 488
Part 3
Chemnitz’s Dedication 509
1. Celibacy & Virginity 515
2. Celibacy of Priests 558
3. Purgatory 601
4. Invocation & Veneration of Saints 654
Part 4
Chemnitz’s Dedication 743
1. Relics of Saints 749
2. Images 761
3. Indulgences 797
4. Love of Foods & of Fastings 841
5. Feasts 908
Conclusion of Chemnitz 918
Addition of Chemnitz 919
Part 5
Editor’s Preface 923
Life of Chemnitz by Editor 925
History of the Publishing of the Book 959
Tract on the Immaculate, Passive Conception of Mary 965-1024
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1600’s
Heidegger, Johann H. – The Mound of the Council of Trent… where is a Historical-Theological Anatomy of the Council of Trent… vol. 1, 2 (Zurich: Gessner, 1690) ToC 1, 2
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