Trent and Justification (1546): A Protestant Reflection1

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1475-3065|21|4|385-406

ISSN: 0036-9306

Source: Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol.21, Iss.4, 1968-12, pp. : 385-406

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Abstract

Study of St. Paul among reforming theologians raised high shopes for definitive dogmatic decrees of an ecumenical council which would incorporate the new biblical insights. Cardinal Pole addressed an irenic plea to members of the Council, that they must begin the reform with themselves. One can read into Pole's philippic all the dreams of the Cardinal reformers, marshalled again after the bitter frustrations of 1541 and 1546 at Ratisbon. Pole's homily helps to penetrate the climate of opinion on the eve of the oft-postponed reforming council. There is still only a partial and imperfect understanding of Pole's role at Trent.