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9 - Bishops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2023

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Vincenzo Lavenia
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Nelson H. Minnich
Nelson H. Minnich
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Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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Summary

The chapter reviews the models – ideal and actual – of the ‘good bishop’ put forward at the beginning of the sixteenth century, models which inspired those conciliar fathers most inclined to reform. It also looks at the debate pursued throughout the three phases of the council over the source of episcopal authority, focusing on the disputes about the theological basis of the obligation of residence. Finally, it will analyse what was new about the regulations regarding the clergy and the reforming decrees issued above all in the last sessions of the assembly, when the discord between the Curia party and the reformers threatened to wreck the council altogether. Without actually embracing the episcopalian position, the council did at least restate the importance of the care of souls, which was the responsibility of the pastors of the diocese, but failed to curtail the scope for curial intervention, the secular authorities’ nomination rights or the privileges enjoyed by the male religious orders.

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Council of TrentbishopsCatholic reformGiovanni Morone
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The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent , pp. 180 - 208
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Bishops
  • Edited by Nelson H. Minnich, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent
  • Online publication: 02 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108590280.009
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  • Edited by Nelson H. Minnich, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108590280.009
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  • Edited by Nelson H. Minnich, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent
  • Online publication: 02 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108590280.009
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