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- The cambridge history of the Papacy
- The Cambridge History of the Papacy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Christendom and Empire
- Part II Crises, Schisms, and Dissent
- Part III Reformations and Revolutions
- 12 The Papacy and the Protestants, 1517–1563
- 13 The Reformation Popes
- 14 The Popes and the Enlightenment
- 15 The Papacy in Revolution, 1775–1823: The Cesena Popes, Pius VI and Pius VII
- 16 Enlightenment and Its Aftermath: Liberalism, Socialism, and Nationalism
- 17 Pope Leo XIII and the Catholic Response to Modernity
- Part IV Theopolitics and Religious Diplomacy
- Part V Inter-Faith Relations: Confrontation and Dialogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
12 - The Papacy and the Protestants, 1517–1563
from Part III - Reformations and Revolutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2025
- The cambridge history of the Papacy
- The Cambridge History of the Papacy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Christendom and Empire
- Part II Crises, Schisms, and Dissent
- Part III Reformations and Revolutions
- 12 The Papacy and the Protestants, 1517–1563
- 13 The Reformation Popes
- 14 The Popes and the Enlightenment
- 15 The Papacy in Revolution, 1775–1823: The Cesena Popes, Pius VI and Pius VII
- 16 Enlightenment and Its Aftermath: Liberalism, Socialism, and Nationalism
- 17 Pope Leo XIII and the Catholic Response to Modernity
- Part IV Theopolitics and Religious Diplomacy
- Part V Inter-Faith Relations: Confrontation and Dialogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter suggests that the papacy dealt with Protestantism in various ways. It condemned the forty-one propositions of Martin Luther and then waited for the Council of Trent to condemn others. It used the institutions of preventive press censorship and of various inquisitions to check heresy. It sought the support of Christian rulers to prevent its spread, sending nuncios and legates to the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, France, England, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark, and Poland–Lithuania to urge them to suppress heresy and to secure their loyalty by negotiating agreements on Church appointments and shared revenues and by offering military aid, efforts that had mixed success, or failed. Religious orders such as the Jesuits and Capuchins were also enlisted in the struggle. Leading Protestant reformers came to see the papacy as the Antichrist or foreign usurper.
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- The Cambridge History of the Papacy , pp. 321 - 342Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025