The Catholic Church and the Dutch Bible
The Catholic Church and the Dutch Bible

Author: Els Agten

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-03-02

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 9004420223

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In The Catholic Church and the Bible: From the Council of Trent to the Jansenist Controversy (1564–1733), Els Agten studies the impact of Jansenism and anti–Jansenism on the ideas regarding vernacular Bible reading and Bible production in the Low Countries in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The book provides a review of book censorship during this time. Furthermore, it analyses the ideas and the writings of ten protagonists, including theologians, Bible translators, ecclesiastical authorities and representatives of Port-Royal. In particular, the author demonstrates how, even as their opponents took a more cautious position, the Jansenists encouraged the laity, including women and children, to read the Bible without any restrictions.

The Political Bible in Early Modern England
The Political Bible in Early Modern England

Author: Kevin Killeen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1107107970

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This book explores the Bible as a political document in seventeenth-century England, revealing how it provided a key language of political debate.