The Catholic Church and the Dutch Bible

From the Council of Trent to the Jansenist Controversy (1564-1733)
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42001-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Dutch, Flemish, Band 80, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

Reihe: Brill's Series in Church History

In The Catholic Church and the Bible: From the Council of Trent to the Jansenist Controversy (1564–1733), Els Agten studies the impact of Jansenism and anti–Jansenism on the ideas regarding vernacular Bible reading and Bible production in the Low Countries in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The book provides a review of book censorship during this time. Furthermore, it analyses the ideas and the writings of ten protagonists, including theologians, Bible translators, ecclesiastical authorities and representatives of Port-Royal. In particular, the author demonstrates how, even as their opponents took a more cautious position, the Jansenists encouraged the laity, including women and children, to read the Bible without any restrictions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Agten, Els

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Els Agten (Ph.D. 2014) obtained her Ph.D. in Theology from KU Leuven. She is currently employed as policy advisor family ministry at the Diocese of Hasselt, Belgium, and as educational developer at the Faculty of Theology, KU Leuven.