History of Christianity and the Christian Church
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- Christianity & Church outside Europe | Early Christianity and Christian Church (pre-Constantine, to c. 312) | Eastern & Orthodox Christianity & Churches (from c. 312) | Modern Roman Catholic Church in Europe (c. 1648-present) | Protestantism & Protestant Churches | Western Church (general) | Western Church : history & papacy | Western Church : history of dioceses & clergy | Western Church : history of parishes
On the Authorship of the Letter/Instruction Abbraccia il sommo officio Sent to the Apostolic Nuncios on 15 January, 1622, to Communicate the Foundation of Propaganda Fide
Comptes rendus
Les disputes et la conversion religieuse de l’Antiquité au xviie siècle. Sous la dir. de P.- A. Fabre et J. Foa (V. Lavenia). 285. — V. Hunink. Acta Martyrum Scillitanorum. A Literary Commentary (R. Godding). 288. — J. J. Lee. Origen and the Holy Spirit. (G. Maspero). 290. — Prédication et sacrements. Études réunies par P. Molinié et M. Pauliat (D. Riche). 293. — J. Sales-Carbonell y M. Sancho Planas (ed.). Monacato primitivo paisajes eternos. Capítulos de espiritualidad en Occidente (siglos iv-vii) (V. Serra de Manresa). 296. — D. L. d’Avray. Papal Jurisprudence 385-1284. Social Origins and Medieval Reception of Canon Law (A. Ballarò). 298. — Césaire d’Arles. Commentaire de l’Apocalypse de Jean. Intro. texte trad. et notes de Mgr R. Gryson (M. Pauliat). 300. — T. Th. Tollefsen. The Christian Metaphysics of St Maximus the Confessor. Creation World-Order and Redemption (Chr. Boudignon). 302. — P. Bolle. Saint Roch. L’évêque le chevalier le pèlerin (viie-xve siècle) (A. Haquin). 305. — M. Á. Ladero Quesada. Persona y mundo en la Edad Media. Algunos fundamentos de la cultura europea (V. Debiais). 307. — J. Masnou Pratdesaba. La Vida Canonical al Bisbat de Vic (886-1230). L’aplicació de la reforma gregoriana a partir de l’estudi prosopogràfic (J. P. Rubio). 310. — L’autorité en islam. Quelle régulation ? Sous la dir. de M. Younès et A. Mostfa (R. Caucanas). 313. — J. Roskilly. De très savants pasteurs. Conceptions et pratiques de l’autorité des évêques dans la société byzantine des xie-xiie siècles (É. Limousin). 316. — A. Rucquoi. Dominicus hispanicus. Saint Dominique avant la fondation de l’ordre des Prêcheurs. Saint Dominic before the Foundation of the Order of Preachers (J.-H. Foulon). 318. — C. Chr. Wilson. The Battle Rhetoric of Crusade and Holy War c. 1099-c. 1222 (V. Portnykh). 321. — Repenser l’histoire de l’art médiéval en 2022. Recueil d’études offertes à Xavier Barral i Altet. Sous la dir. de M. Jurković E. Scirocco A. Timbert. Avec la coll. de D. Di Bonito et J. Behaim (Ph. George). 323. — J. Colaye-Rabiant. Les prieurés de Saint-Victor de Paris (xiiepremière moitié du xvie siècle). Implantation et fonctionnement d’un réseau canonial entre Senlis et Orléans. (Y. Veyrenche). 324. — A Cathedral of Constitutional Law. Essays on the Earliest Constitutions of the Order of Preachers with an English Translation of Fr Antoninus H. Thomas’s 1965 Study. Ed. by A. Milh M. Butaye O.P. (C. Linde). 327 – Andrew of Saint Victor. Commentary on Isaiah. Trans. intro. and notes by Fr. van Liere with the assistance of N. Van Baak. (D. Poirel). 330. — T. Völkl. Via Duce. Die Eucharistie in der Theologie des Petrus Lombardus (U. Roth). 332. — Walter Archdeacon of Thérouanne. The Life of Count Charles of Flanders The Life of Lord John Bishop of Thérouanne. And Related Works. Introd. trans. and notes by J. Rider (L. Feller). 335. — O. Hanne. Adélard de Bath. Un passeur culturel dans la Méditerranée des croisades (F. Besson). 337. — Hagiografía Agustiniana. Santidad devoción y política hagiográfica en la Orden de San Agustín. Actas del congreso. Roma 16-21 de octubre de 2023. Ed. de I. González Marcos OSA J. Sciberras OSA J. Álvarez Fernández OSA (V. Serra de Manresa). 340. — Petrus Cantor. Distinctiones Abel. i-ii. Ed. St. A. Barney (N. Bériou). 342. — Peter the Chanter. The Abel Distinctions. Intro. trans. and notes by St. A. Barney. (N. Bériou). 342. — R. Finn. The Dominicans in the British Isles and Beyond: A New History of the English Province of the Friars Preachers (A. Milh). 346. — B. Saouma. Autour de Las novas del heretje. Les sources antiques des controverses entre catholiques et cathares (A. Haquin). 348. — A. Paravicini Bagliani. La papessa Giovanna. I testi della leggenda (1250-1500) (Th. F. X. Noble). 350. — Humbert de Romans. Traité sur la prédication de la croisade. Intro. trad. et notes par V. Portnykh (Chr. Chevalier-Boyer). 352. — I manoscritti della Biblioteca del Capitolo Metropolitano di Milano. Studi e ricerche. A cura di M. Bollati (M. Schmitz). 354. — Maître Eckhart. Commentaire du Livre de l’Exode. Trad. par J.-Cl. Lagarrigue. Intro. par M.-A. Vannier (B. Beyer de Ryke). 356. — O. Adankpo-Labadie. Moines saints et hérétiques dans l’Éthiopie médiévale. Les disciples d’Ēwosṭātēwos et l’invention d’un mouvement monastique hétérodoxe (xive-milieu du xve siècle) (A. Wion). 358. — Die Handschriften der Bischöflichen Zentralbibliothek Regensburg. Ehemalige Schotten-bibliothek St. Jakob und Zusätze. Hg. M. Bernasconi Reusser C. Weber (M. Pignot). 361. — I. Novotny. Des chapons à l’eau bénite. Vie quotidienne et alimentation des moines de Payerne à la fin du Moyen Âge (xive-xvie siècles) (C. Vincent). 363. — Le procès en canonisation de Charles de Blois duc de Bretagne (1319- 1364). T. 1 : Le procès d’Angers (1371). Éd. critique et trad. par A. Le Huërou L. Héry J.-P. Le Guillou Y. Le Guillou sous la dir. d’A. Vauchez (D. Bardey). 365. — K. Fostyak. Jakob von Paradies (1381-1465) als Theologe der monastischen Reform. Eine Untersuchung seiner beiden Schriften Formula reformandi religiones ab observantia lapsas und De perfectione religiosorum. Mit einem Textanhang (U. Treusch). 367. — W. Greiling U. Schirmer E. Werner (Hg.). Luther auf der Wartburg 1521/22. Bibelübersetzung – Bibeldruck – Wirkungsgeschichte (A. Zecherle). 370. —Neo-Aramaic and Kurdish Folklore from Northern Iraq. A Comparative Anthology with a Sample of Glossed Texts. Vol. 1. Prolegomena and Glossed Texts. By G. Khan M. Mohammadirad D. Molin and P. M. Noorlander. In coll. with L. Habeeb Hanna A. E. Eliya Al-Zebari and S. Abraham (A. Mengozzi). 372. — The Register of Richard Praty Bishop of Chichester 1438-1445. Ed. by J. H. Stevenson (A. Adamska). 375. — Á. F. de Cordova. El roble y la corona. El ascenso de Julio II y la monarquía hispánica (1471-1504) (I. F. Terricabras). 376. — Gelebte Reformation. Zürich 1500-1800. Unter Mitarbeit von Wolfram Schneider-Lastin. Hg. von Fr. Loetz (J. Steiniger). 378. — Contre les moines. L’antimonachisme des Réformes à la Révolution. Sous la dir. de F. Henryot et Ph. Martin (É. Suire). 381. — G. Audisio. Extirper l’hérésie de Provence. Vaudois et luthériens (1530-1560) (A. Goderniaux). 383. — A. Carfora. Marginali in processione. Mendicanti ebrei e captivi riscattati nell’Italia di età moderna (A. Zappia). 385. — W. de Boer. Art in Dispute. Catholic Debates at the Time of Trent. With an Edition and Translation of Key Documents (N. Balzamo). 388. — G. de Mûelenaere. Early Modern Thesis Prints in the Southern Netherlands. An Iconological Analysis of the Relationships between Art Science and Power (R. De Marco). 391. — Masculinités sacerdotales. Sous la dir. de J.-P. Gay S. Mostaccio et J. Tricou (J. Masquelier). 393. — Mazarin Rome et l’Italie. Première partie : Histoire. Sous la dir. de Y. Loskoutoff et de P. Michel (G. Braun). 396. — From Confucius to Zhu Xi. The First Treatise on God in François Noël’s Chinese Philosophy (1711). Ed. by Th. Meynard S.J. and D. Canaris (T. Pomplun). 399. — P.-E. Roux. Au tribunal du repentir. La proscription du catholicisme en Chine (1724-1860) (P. Servais). 402. — « Nul n’est heureux comme un vrai chrétien ». La défense du christianisme dans le catholicisme français de l’âge apologétique (xviiie-xxie siècle). Sous la dir. de S. H. De Franceschi et de S. Milbach. Actes du colloque organisé à l’Université Savoie Mont Blanc Chambéry 27-28 mai 2021 (M. Dutron). 404. — B. Vandermeersch. La fin d’une élite. Chanoines cathédraux dans les Pays-Bas autrichiens à la fin de l’Ancien régime (1770-1797) (M. Maillard-Luypaert). 408. — M. E. Omes. La festa di Napoleone. Sovranità legittimità e sacralità nell’Europa napoleonica 1799-1815 (V. Petit). 410. — Fr. Fauconnet-Buzelin. Mère Sainte-Mathilde Raclot (1814-1911). Une épopée missionnaire asiatique. Préf. de É. Dufourcq (P. Servais). 412. — « In partibus fidelium ». Missions du Levant et connaissance de l’Orient chrétien (xixexxie s.). Missions to the Levant and knowledge of the Christian East (19th-21st c.). Sous la dir. de Ph. Bourmaud S. Gabry-Thienpont M. Levant N. Neveu K. Sanchez Summerer (J.- D. Durand). 413. — V. Poels. Red pope. A Biography of Cardinal Willem Van Rossum C.Ss.R. (1854–1932). Transl. by B. Heffernan (E. Bruyère). 416. — A. Hérisson. Pour le pape-roi. Les catholiques français et l’unification italienne (1856-1871) (V. Petit). 419. — É. Fouilloux. Brève histoire de la Paroisse universitaire (1910-1963) (V. Petit). 421. — R. Corts i Blay. El cardenal Vidal i Barraquer i la Qüestió Catalana. Arxius Vaticans. La dictadura de Primo de Rivera Directori Militar (1923-1925). Prólogo de J. M. Solé i Sabaté (V. Serra de Manresa). 423. — P. Pombeni G. Formigoni G. Vecchio. Storia della Democrazia cristiana. 1943- 1993 (J.-D. Durand). 427. — R. Bendel Th. Scharf-Wrede (Hg.). Orientierungssuche. Zur Bedeutung von Kirche und Glauben 1945-1950 (D. Heringer). 430. — M. A. Zumholz. Das Kolleg St. Thomas in Vechta/Füchtel 1947–1990. Einblicke in die Geschichte eines katholischen Internatsgymnasiums für Jungen in der Trägerschaft der Dominikanerprovinz Teutonia nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg – Ein Beitrag zur historischen Bildungsforschung (D. Rüschenschmidt). 433. — B. Béthouart. André Diligent. Itinéraire d’un chrétien démocrate du Nord. Préface de D. Vinckier (L. Ducerf). 435. — A. D’Angelo. «Bisogna smettere di armare il mondo». Giulio Andreotti-Giorgio La Pira. Carteggio (1950-1977). Prefazione del Card. M. M. Zuppi (J.-D. Durand). 437. — Chr. Sorrel. Le concile des évêques français. Vatican II (1959-1965) (M. L. Sergio). 439. — Bandes dessinées et religions. Des cases et des dieux. Sous la dir. de Ph. Delisle (J. Pirotte). 442. — O. Chatelan. Des allers sans retours ? Les prêtres français en Amérique latine 1961-1984. Une histoire du Comité épiscopal France-Amérique latine. i. L’appel et la conversion. ii. Le tragique et la conscience (R. Marin). 444. — La verdad los hará libres. Tomo 1. La Iglesia católica en la espiral de la violencia de la Argentina entre 1966 y 1983. Ed. C. M. Galli J. G. Durán L. O. Liberti F. Tavelli (O. Chatelan). 449. — La verdad los hará libres. Tomo 2. La Conferencia Episcopal Argentina y la Santa Sede frente al terrorismo de Estado y los derechos humanos. Ed. C. M. Galli J. G. Durán L. O. Liberti F. Tavelli (O. Chatelan). 449. — La verdad los hará libres. Tomo 3. Interpretaciones sobre la Iglesia en la Argentina 1966-1983. Ed. C. M. Galli J. G. Durán L. O. Liberti F. Tavelli (O. Chatelan). 449. — Hymne à l’Esprit. La spiritualité au 21e siècle. Actes du Colloque de l’Université de Namur et de l’Abbaye de Maredsous. Sous la dir. de D. Lambert et R.- F. Poswick (A. Haquin). 451.
Juan Fernández de Heredia (1310-1396), il discendente Sancho e il culto di San Giacomo a Capizzi (Sicilia). Un’ipotesi di identificazione
In the 1430s an Aragonese knight who landed in Sicily and who is still known today in local tradition by the name of Sancho de Heredia oversaw the transfer of certain relics of St. James from the town of Capizzi to Messina cathedral. The reconstitution of the genealogy personal events and inheritance linked to the Hospitaller Grand Master Juan Fernández de Heredia allow us to identify this person as Sancho II Ruiz de Lihori the heir to the Vicount of Gagliano. In particular a clause in his will obliged the heirs of the daughter of the Grand Master to adopt the matronymic surname which distinguished them both in Sicily and in the kingdom of Aragon.
Archambault’s Il controllo del pallone. I cattolici, i communisti e il calcio in Italia and the Political / Ideological Reorganisation of Sport in Italy after the Second World War
Les pierres précieuses dans l’art et l’histoire. À propos de publications récentes
Dietary Patterns in the Military Orders in the East and West during the Middle Ages. The Use of Meat
The theme of dietary patterns and mainly the use of meat and its prohibitions —as an “indicator” element in the daily life and diet of Christians and especially of monastics— takes on a rich significance for the history and knowledge of the Military Orders. This study may be useful for highlighting the dietary attitudes and meat consumption of this new type of Religio characterised by the complete integration between the monastic model of life and the military and hospitaller model. Its peculiarities and differences from other religious orders —which were also “inspirers” of certain charisms— will be brought into focus with particular attention to the Templars and the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem.
Good Samaritans? The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) in Migration, Asylum and Religious Freedom Debates from the 1980s to the 2000s
Debates surrounding migration asylum and diversity in Europe have provoked outpourings of both solidarity and opposition from across the political and popular spectra of society with cultural anxieties expressed surrounding the alleged uncompability of (particularly Muslim) migrants with the apparently Christian-rooted common values of the European integration process. Despite this the voices of Christian representatives particularly at the institutional level have rarely been consulted. This article explores the positions taken on migration asylum and religious pluralism by the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) a Roman Catholic advocacy organisation working at the European institutional level. It charts the history of Catholic international organisations and the post-Vatican II reconfiguration of the Church around these subjects before outlining the rhetorical stances and tangible ventures of COMECE’s work outlining its theological imperatives and religious authority and nuancing the degree of support and opposition Catholic advocacy on these subjects has faced at the levels of the European institutional arena.
Des porteurs de deuil. Office et représentations des messagers des rouleaux mortuaires (ixe-xve siècles)
When a death occurs in a monastic or canonical setting it is customary to request prayers for the deceased through two types of epistolary documents : mortuary rolls and briefs. As early as the 9th century the dissemination of these rolls and briefs required specialised messengers tasked with conveying funeral news —figures frequently referenced in the poetic titles of mortuary rolls. Before examining the four major poetic representations of the roll-bearer it is essential to explore the evolution of the office the identity of the messenger the nature of his journey and his reception within religious communities from their origins to the 15th century. Ultimately this study will highlight the cultural transformation of the mortuary roll practices around the year 1200.
Une simplicité merveilleuse. Le laboratoire culturel juvénile. Des origines à la veille de la Grande Guerre (1844-1914)
In the history of the model of the “young saint” and its evolution the 19th century represents a key turning point. When redefining their relationship with a society that was more and more distanced from religious practice and Catholic morality the church hierarchies saw the younger generations as providing a key voice in the elaboration of a project to reconquer people for Christianity. This project also sought to identify new exemplary models for young Catholics to imitate and venerate. In this crucial transition period the Piedmontese priest Jean Bosco and the Society of St Francis de Sales played a cenadapted to the demands of different contexts. It was promoted through a widescale production of different forms of literature (biographies edifying tales adaptations for the theatre novels etc.). This effort later received a definitive formal ratification with regard to worship with the beatification of Dominique Savio in 1950 followed by his canonisation in 1954.
Notices brèves
“Dios les ha dado lumbre de entendimiento de la misma natura y calidad”. El lugar de los laicos en la reforma de la Iglesia según las propuestas de Juan Bernal Díaz de Luco (1495-1556)
This article reconstructs the role attributed to the laity in the reform of the Church based on the study of the writings of Juan Bernal Díaz de Luco (1495-1556). These documents far from portraying the faithful in a passive role waiting for the action of the clerics recognises them as active agents. Thus the paper underlines the importance of a proposal for reform during the development of the Protestant Reformation. Given that the Church considered its situation in very negative terms it required the participation of wide sectors of the population largely exceeding the number of people in the Church hierarchy.
Ad simplicem usum Juniperi. Junípero Serra (1713-1784) a la luz de su misteriosa biblia
This article sheds light on the Bible that Friar Junípero Serra (1713-1784) hid from the Inquisition in his hometown before traveling to join the missions in New Spain and relates it to his biography written by Father Palou (1787). The article first emphasises that this biography was conceived to promote Friar Junípero’s canonisation. With this interpretive key the episode of the dispute between Friar Junípero and an English captain will be examined as a means to overcome the opposition that the discovery of the Bible Junípero left hidden could offer to the canonisation. Finally the article also analyses how Father Palou invites us to consider the anecdote as a figure of how the Juniperian American mission would lead to the rejection of heresy in Europe.
Pio IX, Roma e la monarchia italiana. Un’udienza
Forgotten Roots of the Nordic Welfare State in Protestant Cultures
The Nordic welfare state of the 20th century has been hailed around the world as a model of how to build democratic and egalitarian societies. It has often been described as a project of social democracy often following a narrative of secularization and rationalization of society. However some of the most important actors and ideas of the "Scandinavian Sonderweg" had their roots in Protestant often Pietist and revivalist milieus that dreamed of creating an egalitarian community. The present volume explores these often forgotten roots in several case studies of phenomena from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century focusing primarily on questioning the function of aesthetics in the creation of the welfare state model. We argue that aesthetics and what Friedrich Schiller called aesthetic education played an important unifying role for Nordic societies. These aesthetics were shaped by Protestant ideas and practices. Through references to the then widespread circulation of educational texts based on Luther's catechism the later pietistic catechism of Erik Pontoppidan Nordic hymnbooks and practices such as communal singing and preaching in church church coffee reading circles and conventicle meetings a common aesthetic language emerged that unified different social groups and their competing goals and claims. Civic actors and movements learned specific ways to engage in society to develop practices of internalizing responsibility (self)critique and accountability and to communicate and develop a more democratic modern civic sphere. We therefore propose to look at this history from the perspective of a historically changing aesthetic as an integrating principle for understanding the political social cultural economic and many other aspects of the Nordic welfare state.
La révocation des évêques français par Pie VII à l’occasion du concordat de 1801
La décision de Pie VII de révoquer en 1801 plusieurs dizaines d’évêques d’un seul trait de plume est totalement singulière. Jamais un pape n’avait pris une telle mesure et jusqu’à ce jour aucun des successeurs de Pie VII ne l’a réitérée. Il faut dire que le pape a agi dans des conditions très particulières.
Cet ouvrage propose au lecteur de revivre les heures à la fois tragiques et grandioses qui ont mené à cette décision unique. Cette étude captivante s’appuie sur un grand nombre d’archives dont certaines sont publiées ici pour la première fois. Elles redonnent vie aux acteurs de l’époque. Au fil des pages le lecteur sera le témoin privilégié des passions des affrontements de la qualité aussi de ces hommes qui ont forgé le destin de la France religieuse pour leur siècle.
Pie VII en destituant les évêques français a tracé un chemin juridique pour l’utilisation de l’instrument de la révocation redécouvert sous Jean-Paul II et utilisé depuis à une dizaine de reprises par ses successeurs. L’auteur sur le fondement de l’expérience de Pie VII propose de réserver la révocation aux cas où l’évêque sans faute de sa part ne pourrait plus gouverner sans dommage son diocèse. Il suggère également quelques idées pour garantir qu’elle soit un instrument au service de la justice.
The Donatist Compendium of 427 and Related Texts
Exegetical Materials from a Dissident Communion
This volume contains the first translation into English of a number of documents associated with the Donatist movement in North Africa a dissident church which flourished during the fourth and fifth centuries before the Vandal invasion obscures our view of it. Donatists are often remembered for their fanatical opposition to traditores—those who had “handed over” the sacred scriptures during the Diocletianic Persecution—and their belief that those baptized by such people were not part of the true church. The writings contained in this volume add critical nuance to this portrait. At its centerpiece is the Donatist Compendium of 427 a collection of eleven exegetical texts compiled c. 427 CE by an unknown Donatist editor; other translated writings include a chronograph revised on the eve of the Vandal conquest of Carthage known as the Genealogy Book a set of section-headings for the Major Prophets and the book of Acts and a Donatist homily on the Epiphany one of the few sermons by a Donatist preacher that still survives. All of these texts were produced within a Donatist milieu and taken together they offer us a unique window into the inner life of the dissident communion as well as valuable insight into the exegetical tools that late antique bishops had at their disposal as they sought to illuminate the biblical text for their congregations.
Pius XII and the Low Countries
The opening of the different Vatican Archives for the pontificate of Pius XII (1939-1958) in March 2020 sparked the interest of scholars across different disciplines worldwide. It invigorated tendencies to revisit the history of the 1940s and 1950s beyond the established narratives and sources and nourished hopes to address both longstanding and emerging questions and to discover innovative themes and approaches. Three years after the opening of these archives a multidisciplinary group of scholars from Belgium and the Netherlands convened at a scientific conference in Rome organized by the editors of this volume to study the impact of the archival access on diverse research domains. This publication presents new research based on documentation unearthed in the Vatican archives spanning both the Second World War and the postwar period and challenges existing scholarship not only on the history of the Catholic Church but also on broader themes in the Low Countries.
La Réforme aux Pays‑Bas,1500-1620
Cette étude générale de la Réforme aux Pays-Bas retrace les développements clés du processus de réforme - à la fois auprès de la population protestante et catholique - pendant le XVIe siècle. Synthétisant cinquante ans de littérature scientifique Christine Kooi se concentre particulièrement sur le contexte politique de l'époque : comment le changement religieux a été procédé au milieu de l'intégration et la désintégration de l'État dynastique des Habsbourg aux Pays-Bas. Une attention particulière est accordée au rôle de la Réforme dans la fomentation et l'alimentation de la révolte contre le régime des Habsbourg à la fin du XVIe siècle ainsi qu'à sa contribution à la formation des deux états successeurs de la région la République néerlandaise et la Pays-Bas du Sud (Belgique). La Réforme aux Pays-Bas 1500-1620 est un outil de travail essentiel pour les universitaires et les étudiants de l'histoire européenne moderne réunissant en un seul volume des recherches spécialisées sur les Pays-Bas.