Lectures on the Council of Trent – J A Froude

Today’s free book is a set of 13 lectures on the Counter-Reformation Council of Trent by James Anthony Froude.

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James Anthony Froude [1818-1894], Lectures on the Council of Trent. Delivered at Oxford 1892-3. London & Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. Hbk. pp.305. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

• Preface

1. The Condition of the Church
2. The Indulgences
3. The Edict of Worms
4. Clement VII
5. Paul III
6. The Diet of Ratisbon
7. The Demands of Germany
8. The Council in Session
9. Definitions of Doctrine
10. Definitions of Doctrine (Continued)
11. The Flight to Bologna
12. The German Envoys
13. Summary and Conclusion

Main image: Council of Trent, painting in the Museo del Palazzo del Buonconsiglio, Trento. Image credit: Laurom