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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Belknap Press; Sew edition (January 15, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0674066979
  • ISBN-13: 978-0674066977
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4.0 out of 5 starsmore doctrinal analysis, less church politics
By Thomas F. Denny on January 9, 2013
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I enjoyed o"malley's book. It gives a very detailed picture of what happened at Trent . For the ordinary reader perhaps it gives too much detail; sometimes I had to keep going back to identify the many players in the drama. Maybe a glossary of persons would have helped; the historical summary of the sessions was helpful. I also would have liked more analysis of the actual teachings from the council, especially vis-a-vis the Protestants and less emphasis on the intrigue behind the scenes. However, it is a fine book; well worth a careful reading.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGood Background -
By Loyd Eskildson HALL OF FAME on February 2, 2013
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'Trent' was a church council that met in Trent, Italy in which the Catholic Church attempted to respond to Martin Luther and the Reformation. The year 2013 will bark the 450th anniversary of the closing of the Council of Trent. At the time the city owed allegiance to the Count of Tyrol, a position held from 1519 to 1521 by the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, and after that by his brother, Ferdinand. The council stretched over 18 years - 1534-47, 1551-52, and 1562-63. (Luther died in 1545.) During the period it had 7-8,000 inhabitants. Attending bishops had little formal training in theology, though probably well educated according to then standards; they brought along with them as many as 20-30 personnel or even more. (Cardinal Gonzaga, the principal papal legate for the last meeting brought 160.) Also attending were theologians advising the bishops, princely visitors, and envoys of the great rulers. Individual presentations might last 2-3 hours, and meetings sometimes went on for several weeks. Total attendees at one time - over 2,000.

O'Malley tells readers that the birth of Middle Ages science and universities, and 'reason' vs. 'revelation' became a source of ongoing confrontation that laid the groundwork for the Council of Trent.

The papal bull condemning Luther's teaching was not the final word - only a council could do so with presumed impartiality. Further, reform of the church was traditionally handled in a council. Presiding papal legates had absolute discretion on the agenda and received frequent directives from those popes. Luther's challenge to the church was both the idea that we are save 'by faith alone' and not by 'works,' and secondly a cry for reform of ecclesiastical offices and religious practices.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsIntriguing
By WSH on May 20, 2013
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This book achieves in its 350-odd (smallish) pages what most books would (and do) take several volumes to explain. It is a model of succinctness at a time when publishers seem overly willing to indulge verbose authors. O'Malley takes us through the events and issues that led to Trent, navigates a judicious path through the council's many twists and turns, holds its large cast of main actors in clear view on stage, and does all this while keeping tabs on the various political and military trends affecting what went on there. This is more than an essay on theological disputation; it is an excellent primer for anyone interested in the Reformation and its consequences for the Christian religion and European statecraft.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThis is an excellent book dealing with an area of history I have long wondered about.
By Roland Droitsch on February 25, 2013
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What is extrodinary about this book is that it deals with a subject that has always intrigued me. What were the forces leading to the Reformation? On the one hand there was Henry VIII who choped off heads to get a queen he wanted...not dignified in my book. And then there was Martin Luther, who nailed his complaints against the Church on the door of his church in Leipzig. And then there was the war between the French and the German forces led by the firs Emperor of the Habsburg dynasty. What a setting! O'Mally does a splendid job of weaving these factors together and showing how the Roman Catholic Church was able to emerge from this horrible situation in a way that delt with the issues and healed much of what had gone wrong with their church. I applaud O'Malley and believe Trent is a great book for those interested in this subject.
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5.0 out of 5 starsKeeping the Bark Afloat
By Thomas J. Burns VINE VOICE on December 23, 2013
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For the generations of us who experienced and implemented the teachings of the Council Vatican II (1962-1965), the "great before" was (and may still be) frequently defined as the Council of Trent (1547-1563). Much of what was seen as problematic in the 1960’s and beyond seemed traceable to the mandates of Trent, a Council convoked in a modest city in northern Italy. The term "Tridentine" became an enormous adjective umbrella covering all disputed issues of contemporary Church life, from justification by faith and confessional division to the communion cup and Mass in the vernacular.

Given this Tridentine baggage, so to speak, it is remarkable that until John O'Malley produced his remarkable one volume history of the Council of Trent, only one other history had been attempted, Hubert Jedin's four volume work of the mid twentieth century; of Jedin's labors, only the first two volumes were even translated into English. O'Malley's is thus the first full treatment of Trent available to English readers; all the better that it is a first rate, masterful synthesis of an event, an era actually, remarkable for both its fractiousness and it's unity of purpose.

Trent is remembered in today's catechetic as the Catholic response to the Reformation, but in truth several reform councils had preceded it, and at least one, Constance [1414-1418], had made matters more complicated by its assertion of Conciliar (bishops’ collective) authority in ending the Great Schism. Thus there was no enthusiasm for more councils among sixteenth century popes.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn amazing and concise accounts of the characters and events that ...

An amazing and concise accounts of the characters and events that shaped the Council of Trent. It's almost a necessary read for those who obsess over the excesses of Vatican II,... Read more

Published 1 month ago by Nicholas Silva
4.0 out of 5 starsClear and Relatively unbiased. Essential for students of Church...

Well written and clear. Despite the ecclesiastical connections of the author, the presentation is amazingly fair in most places.

Published 5 months ago by MFH
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scholarly

Published 12 months ago by Mary Lynch
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent reading and Trent source book

Best all around scolarly book on the council. Well sourced and informative.

Published 12 months ago by Denis Edwin Spencer
5.0 out of 5 starsWell researched and written; a solid background to understand ...

Well researched and written; a solid background to understand the background, people involved with, and the events of the Council of Trent.

Published 13 months ago by Anthony M. Bonta
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Published 15 months ago by Gary J Cregan
5.0 out of 5 starsWell written and researched, footnotes galore, and it's ...

Well written and researched, footnotes galore, and it's not your usual historic treatise. I found it quite entertaining as well as informative.

Published 17 months ago by TLC
5.0 out of 5 starsVery interesting historical text without burying the reader in a ...

Very interesting historical text without burying the reader in a ton of detail - soon to be forgotten once the page is turned. Read more

Published 17 months ago by Christine
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Published 21 months ago by john calhoun
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Provides great information from behind the scenes of the Council.

Published 21 months ago by Dennis J. Klinzing Sr.

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