Book contents
- Iustitia Dei
- Iustitia Dei
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Justification
- Part II The Middle Ages
- Part III Protestantism
- Part IV Catholicism
- 20 Developments within Catholicism, 1490–1545
- 21 Catholic Responses to Early Protestant Doctrines of Justification
- 22 An Attempt at Rapprochement
- 23 Catholic Theological Schools during the Tridentine Debates on Justification
- 24 The Tridentine Debates on Justification
- 25 The Tridentine Decree on Justification
- 26 Post-Tridentine Discussions of Justification
- Part V The Modern Period
- Conclusion
- A Brief Glossary of Medieval Soteriological Terms
- Works Consulted
- Index
24 - The Tridentine Debates on Justification
from Part IV - Catholicism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2020
- Iustitia Dei
- Iustitia Dei
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Justification
- Part II The Middle Ages
- Part III Protestantism
- Part IV Catholicism
- 20 Developments within Catholicism, 1490–1545
- 21 Catholic Responses to Early Protestant Doctrines of Justification
- 22 An Attempt at Rapprochement
- 23 Catholic Theological Schools during the Tridentine Debates on Justification
- 24 The Tridentine Debates on Justification
- 25 The Tridentine Decree on Justification
- 26 Post-Tridentine Discussions of Justification
- Part V The Modern Period
- Conclusion
- A Brief Glossary of Medieval Soteriological Terms
- Works Consulted
- Index
Summary
Chapter 24 examines the records of the Tridentine discussions of justification which took place over the period 22–28 June 1546. These discussions indicate how the basic agenda was set, and how a number of approaches were explored, before the final structure of the Decree on Justification was developed. These discussions are of major importance in interpreting the final Decree on Justification, as they often indicate why a particular form of words was adopted in preference to another. Perhaps the most important of these is the revised version of the eighth chapter of the draft decree that was drawn up for discussion on 11 December 1546, concerning the formal cause of justification. The original wording recognised that there was una (‘one’) such cause. This was considered to allow that other formal causess might also be countenanced, and so was replaced by unica (‘single’, ‘sole’ or ‘one and only’).
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- Iustitia DeiA History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification, pp. 307 - 321Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020