A History Of The Council Of Trent Compiled From A Comparison Of Various Writers

Download or read book A History of the Council of Trent written by Theodore Alois Buckley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Council of Trent: Compiled From a Comparison of Various Writers; With a Chronological Summary IN bringing before the public a new sketch of the history of the Council of Trent, I feel that, although the increased study of the fathers and councils of late years has enlarged our opportunities of entering fairly into the merits of theo logical questions, and has, in many instances, substituted fair deductions for prejudged assertion, still, in the, case of this Council, we cannot hope to arrive at new conclusion s. Neverthe less, a greater acquaintance with scholastic technology, a more complete system of critical canons, and a stricter appliance of that system to particular instances, will doubtless help us to discern more safely between truth and error, and, while doing away with conventional prejudices and traditional exaggerations, will make us, if not perfect reasoners on our own side, at least more lenient in considering the views of our opponents. If the pursuit of such literature has been perverted by some into a reason for a reunion with error, we have, at the same time, the assurance that a far greater number have been led to very different conclusions 3 and that, whilst we have learned the real nature of Romanism from its own sources, we have often found the confutation of its tenets in the very writings to which it appeals as the main-spring of their existence - writings which it would fain elevate to the rank of inspired Scripture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.