Rethinking Catholicism in Renaissance Spain (Early Modern Iberian History in Global Contexts)

__Rethinking Catholicism in Renaissance Spain__ claims that theology and canon law were decisive for shaping ideas, debates, and decisions about key political and religious problems in Renaissance Spain. This book studies Catholic thought during the Spanish Renaissance, with the various contributors specifically exploring the ecclesiology and heresiology of the period. Today, these two subjects are considered to be strictly branches of theology, but at the time, they were also dealt with in the field of canon law. Both ecclesiology, which studied the internal structure of the Church, and heresiology, which identified theological errors, played an important role in shaping ideas, debates, and decisions concerning the major political and religious problems of the late medieval and early modern periods. In contrast to the conventional monolithic view of Spanish Catholic thought on ecclesiastical matters, the chapters in this book demonstrate that there was a wide spectrum of ideas in the field of theology and canon law. The topics analyzed include Church and Crown relations, diplomatic controversies, doctrinal debates on slavery, ecclesiological disputes in dialogue with the Council of Trent, and theories for distinguishing heresies and repressing them. This book will be essential reading for those interested in disciplines such as Church history, political history, and the history of political and legal thought. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Notes Bibliography Chapter 1: Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s conciliarism in his lost De potestate papae et concilii1 A survey of his life and influences Sepúlveda’s conciliarism in his correspondence Other indications of conciliarism in his Epistolarum libri VII A reference in Sepúlveda’s historical work What is the source of Sepúlveda’s conciliarism? Conclusions Notes Bibliography Chapter 2: Theorizing in Trent: Alfonso de Castro, anti-heretical theory, and the politics of reform Notes Bibliography Chapter 3: Conflicting loyalties: Church freedom, pastoral care, and civil duties in Diego de Álava y Esquivel A free council of the universal church Church reform in Trent Politics and religion Conclusions Notes Bibliography Chapter 4: Conciliarism and episcopalism at the Council of Trent: The position of the Spanish bishops Introduction The long shadow of conciliarism at Trent The debate over the residency of bishops Confirmation of the council The place of the Christian prince in sixteenth-century ecclesiology Philip II’s questions for the Spanish bishops (1564) Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Chapter 5: Heresy and the language of Catholicism in sixteenth-century Spain (1558–1560)1 Why the Carranza case? In rigore ut iacent. Why the censuras of the Catecismo? Lutheran language Language that remembers Language and good theology Reading with simplicity The wickedness of the times The reader’s moral responsibility Juan de la Peña and Lutheran language Final remarks Notes Bibliography Chapter 6: Antonio de Córdoba on the relationship between council and pope Notes Bibliography Chapter 7: Christian freedom and natural freedom1: An introduction to an archaeology of Catholic controversies over slavery Christian freedom and natural freedom Bringing the gospel all over the earth Moral theology and law regarding the slaving of Africans Notes Bibliography Chapter 8: Ecclesiastical Romanism and Spanish Universalism: Post-Tridentine ecclesiology in light of the intra-ecclesiastical doctrinal controversies 1594: Rome employs the right of callback to reserve judgment of Luis de Molina’s Concordia to itself 1612: The Spanish Monarchy seeks to reopen the de Auxiliis controversy 1644: The decree of the Roman Inquisition on the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Notes Bibliography Index "Rethinking Catholicism in Renaissance Spain claims that theology and canon law were decisive for shaping ideas, debates and decisions about key political and religious problems in Renaissance Spain. This book studies Catholic thought during the Spanish Renaissance, with the various contributors specifically exploring the ecclesiology and heresiology of the period. Today, these two subjects are considered to be strictly branches of theology, but at the time they were also dealt with in the field of canon law. Both ecclesiology, which studied the internal structure of the Church, and heresiology, which identified theological errors, played an important role in shaping ideas, debates and decisions concerning the major political and religious problems of the late medieval and early modern periods. In contrast to the conventional monolithic view of Spanish Catholic thought on ecclesiastical matters, the essays in this book demonstrate that there was a wide spectrum of ideas in the field of theology and canon law. The topics analyzed include Church and Crown relations, diplomatic controversies, doctrinal debates on slavery, ecclesiological disputes in dialogue with the Council of Trent, and theories for distinguishing heresies and repressing them. This book will be essential reading for those interested in disciplines such as Church history, political history, and the history of political and legal thought"-- Provided by publisher