The matter under study here is not priests and pastors pursuing reform, but the reform of priests and pastors under the 1563 decree by the Council of Trent that all dioceses in Catholic territories bu
Covering Reformation era polemics, theology, and thought, these essays cut new paths in reformation scholarship, with each taking in some measure a cue from directions already offered by John Patrick
The so-called Counter- or Catholic Reformation has traditionally been viewed as a monolith, but these essays decisively challenge this interpretation, emphasizing the variety, vitality, and complexity
Following an introduction to this scholar-priest who has taught at Harvard U. Divinity School and elsewhere, and a bibliography listing such works as The First Jesuits (1993), 16 contributors contin
