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A Manual of Councils of the Holy Catholic Church | Edward H. Landon
One reference book that might interest many of my readers is a Edward H. Landon’s, “A Manual of Councils of the Holy Catholic Church.” Published (as a new and revised edition) in 1909 in two volumes, it can be found on Archive.org. The arrangement of the volumes is a little counter-intuitive. It is arranged in…
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>Mansi and Coleti — Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio. (Index)
>The Sacrorum Conciliorum Nova et Amplissima Collectio of Gian (Giovanni) Domenico Mansi and Nicola Coleti is a multi-volume collection of documents related to church councils. Gallica turned out to have a nearly complete collection. There is also a collection at Documenta Catholic Omnia (link to collection). In looking for these volumes, I found the following:…
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Karl Joseph von Hefele – A History of the Christian Councils: from the original documents
The work of von Hefele in assembling the materials regarding the history of Christian councils is significant. While his opinions and conclusions may be subject to bias, I have yet to hear any criticism that he falsified the source materials included in his work. With that in mind, I present the following downloadable editions of…
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Evangelicals and Idols: a Reformed Response
Over at the mixed-religion blog Evangel, Matthew Milliner (a doctoral candidate in art history at Princeton University, and apparently a member of the PCUSA) has attempted to argue that the rejection of icons of Christ is a defect in Christology. When faced with the argument that icons inherently involve an implicit Nestorianism (or perhaps Monophysitism),…
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An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 18
An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 18 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the eighteenth in what has become a multi-part series. Fifth Lateran Council (1512-17) – Promotion of Religious Wars in 16th Century It is…
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An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 17
An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 17 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the seventeenth in what has become a multi-part series. Second Vatican Council (1962-65) – Freedom of Religion Promoted You will recall that in…
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An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 16
An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 16 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the sixteenth in what has become a multi-part series. Fourth Council of the Lateran (1215) – Jews Officially Persecuted I must immediately qualify…
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An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 15
An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 15 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the fifteenth in what has become a multi-part series. Fourth Council of Constantinople (879-80) – Overturned “Eighth Ecumenical Council” You will notice that…
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An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 14
An Inconvenient Conciliar Truth – Part 14 Some folks seem to find relying on councils a comfort. For these folks, there are some inconvenient facts that they must face. This post is the fourteenth in what has become a multi-part series. Fourth Council of Constantinople (869-70) – Ecumenical Status a Later Fabrication Those who claim…