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Book Review: Trent: What Happened at the Council, written by John W. O’Malley

Book Review: Trent: What Happened at the Council, written by John W. O’Malley (Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013) 352 pp. isbn 9780674066977 (hbk). $27.95; £20.00; €25.20 The Council of Trent (1545–63) is frequently said to embody the Counter-Reformation or the reaction of the Catholic Church to the forces of the Reformation. These terms, Reformation and Counter-Reformation, are somewhat problematic. Earnest efforts to reform the Church had been undertaken in different countries long before Martin Luther’s initial protest in 1517, as John O’Malley reminds his readers. Those who speak or write of the Counter-Reformation sometimes date its close to the end of the Thirty Years’ War in 1648. But, since the Council of Trent continued to have a major impact on Catholic doctrine, worship, and life for three more centuries, it would be preferable to acknowledge that the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) marked the end of the Counter-Reformation. Now occupying a chair at Georgetown University, O’Malley has already published some outstanding work on Vatican II. His latest book is simply superb, based on years of research, and combining a sharp historical judgement with a lively style of writing. It will be welcomed not only by teachers and students of sixteenth-century church history but by all readers interested http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecclesiology Brill

Book Review: Trent: What Happened at the Council, written by John W. O’Malley

Ecclesiology , Volume 11 (1): 3 – Jan 23, 2015

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book Reviews
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1744-1366
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1745-5316
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10.1163/17455316-01101009
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(Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013) 352 pp. isbn 9780674066977 (hbk). $27.95; £20.00; €25.20 The Council of Trent (1545–63) is frequently said to embody the Counter-Reformation or the reaction of the Catholic Church to the forces of the Reformation. These terms, Reformation and Counter-Reformation, are somewhat problematic. Earnest efforts to reform the Church had been undertaken in different countries long before Martin Luther’s initial protest in 1517, as John O’Malley reminds his readers. Those who speak or write of the Counter-Reformation sometimes date its close to the end of the Thirty Years’ War in 1648. But, since the Council of Trent continued to have a major impact on Catholic doctrine, worship, and life for three more centuries, it would be preferable to acknowledge that the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) marked the end of the Counter-Reformation. Now occupying a chair at Georgetown University, O’Malley has already published some outstanding work on Vatican II. His latest book is simply superb, based on years of research, and combining a sharp historical judgement with a lively style of writing. It will be welcomed not only by teachers and students of sixteenth-century church history but by all readers interested

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EcclesiologyBrill

Published: Jan 23, 2015

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