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The Church in Council: Conciliar Movements, Religious Practice and the Papacy from Nicea to Vatican II (International Library of Historical Studies)

By Norman Tanner

Book information

Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Year
2011
ISBN
1848855133, 9781848855137
LCC
BX823 .T36 2011
Open Library ID
OL25234882M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2517705 bytes)
Series
International Library of Historical Studies
Pages
265\265
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Councils have been of fundamental importance to the historical development of the Catholic Church. From the First Council of Nicaea in 325 CE to the reforming Second Vatican Council of 1962-5, the conciliar movement has more often than not represented the interests and prerogatives of the mass of the faithful: frequently -- especially from medieval times -- as a bulwark against the untrammelled supremacy of the Pope. Norman Tanner is arguably the outstanding scholar of church councils writing in English and his work provides an essential framework to our understanding of the development of Western Catholicism. In this volume, which assembles some of his best work on the topic, he reflects on the legacy of conciliarism, and shows how and why the apostolic spirit of Nicaea was to resurface at Vatican II.

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