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What is the Vulgate? Girolamo Seripando's notes on the Vulgate
No full textBefore the issue of the Insuper decree (1546), by means of which the Council Fathers
declared the Vulgate to be the ‘authentic’ Bible for Catholic Church, Girolamo Seripando
took few notes discussing the need of a threefold Bible, in Latin, Greek and Hebrew,
as he stressed in the General Congregation on 3 April 1546. Only Rongy (1927/28),
Jedin (1937) and François/Gerace (2018) paid attention to this document, preserved at
the National Library in Naples in a manuscript of the 17th century (Ms. Vind. Lat. 66,
123v–127v). In this article, the author offers the very first transcription of these notes
together with the analysis of Seripando’s sources, providing a new primary source to
early modern historians
Francis Lucas ‘of Bruges’ and Textual Criticism of the Vulgate Before and After the Sixto-Clementine (1592)
No full textThis article deals with to the little known but very influential Leuven biblical scholar Francis Lucas ‘of Bruges’ (1548/9–1619). In particular, it traces the change of methodology in Lucas’ textual critical activity, due to publishing of the Sixto-Clementine Vulgate (1592), intended by the Vatican as the definitive text of the Vulgate. The author shows how Lucas was a realist and adapted his scholarly activities in the field of textual criticism to the contemporary ecclesiastical policies and sensitivities through the analysis of Lucas’ works.sponsorship: KULeuven/Fscirestatus: Publishe
Biblical Scholarship in Louvain in the 'Golden' Sixteenth Century
No full textAntonio Gerace dealt with the development of biblical scholarship in Louvain by analysing with seven authors who worked in the first part of the Sixteenth century and who are strictly linked to the Louvain milieu. In chronological order, they include Nicholas Tacitus Zegers (c.1495–1559), John Henten (1499–1566), Cornelius Jansenius ‘of Ghent’, Adam Sasbout, John Hessels (1522–1566), Thomas Stapleton, and Francis Lucas ‘of Bruges’. Each author offered key-contributions that can effectively show the development of Catholic biblical scholarship in that period. This can be divided into three main thematic areas: 1) Text-criticism of the Latin Vulgate; 2) Exegesis of the Scriptures; and 3) Preaching of the Bible. Somehow, these three areas represent the ‘study flow’ of the Scriptures: the emendation of the Vulgate, aimed at restoring the text to a hypothetical ‘original’, and the philological approach to the Greek and Hebrew sources allowing for a better comprehension of the Bible. Such comprehension becomes the basis of commentaries made with the intention of explaining the meaning of the Scriptures to the faithful in the light of the Tradition. Furthermore, the Church needed to preach the Scriptures and their contents to the Catholic flock in order to safeguard them from any ‘heretical’ influence. Therefore, several homiletic works appeared so that priests could prepare their sermons appropriately. Therefore, Gerace divided his work into three parts, each devoted to one of the three research areas, following the ‘study-flow’ of the Scripturesedition: 1status: Publishe
Scheepsma, W. / van Vliet, G. / Warnar, G. (eds.): Friends of God. Vernacular Literature and Religious Elites in the Rhineland and the Low Countries (1300–1500) (Temi e Testi, 171 – Manuscripts Ideas Culture), Roma: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2018, 342 pp
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Villani, A. (ed.): Lire les Pères de l'Église entre la Renaissance et la Réforme, Parigi: Beauchesne, 2013, 117 pp
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Francis Lucas of Bruges' Gospels Commentaries and the Controversy on Predestination, Grace and Free Will
No full textThis article focuses on Francis Lucas (1548/9–1619), a Catholic theologian hailing from
Bruges—a theologian never subject to a thorough study, notwithstanding the value of his
exegetical work. After a brief biographical introduction, we analyse Lucas’ Commentaries
on the four Gospels, published in Antwerp at the Plantin Press in four volumes, between 1606
and 1616. Our aim in this article is to investigate Lucas’ view on the relation between eternal
predestination, temporal grace, and human free will—the vexata quaestio of post-Tridentine
theology. Thanks to a careful selection of New Testament pericopes, this study shows a Jesuit— even a Molinist—approach to the question
Il Manipulus curatorum di Guy de Montrochen: 250 anni di formazione sacerdotale in Europa. Parte II
No full textbook for the education of the clergy in early modern Europe, Guy de Montrochen’s Manipulus curatorum (1330), printed from 1473 until 1581, when it saw the last of about 200 editions. This text was disseminated throughout Europe, revealing the need for such a handbook before the institution of seminaries (1563). In the first part of the essay, after the introduction to both Guy de Montrochen’s life and the historical context, attention was then paid to the editorial history of his handbook, after which the structure and the text of the Manipulus are examined. This second part indeed focuses on the analysis of the first section of the Manipulus, in which Guy deals with six of the sacraments, leaving aside penance, which is analysed in the second section of the Manipulus and will be the subject of a forthcoming contribution
Luis de Molina's ‘middle knowledge' Thomas Stapleton's ‘antidote' to John Calvin
No full textThe Bible commentator, Thomas Stapleton (1535–98), an English Catholic exile
in Leuven and Douai, played a vital role in the ‘golden age of biblical scholarship’
(1550–1650). His Antidota (1595) aimed at giving the ‘correct’ interpretation
of the Bible in response to the ‘poisoned’ commentaries of Calvin and
others. This battle for the ‘true’ faith also involved Stapleton in internal Catholic
debates, especially the de auxiliis controversy pitting Jesuit theologians insisting
on human free will against their more Augustinian-inclined peers emphasizing
God’s grace. While previous scholarship placed Stapleton within the latter
camp because of his extensive citation of Augustine, this paper intends to
establish that Stapleton actually belonged to the first group and that his orientation
was not to Augustine, rather the Spanish Jesuit theologian, Luis de
Molina (1535–1600). Through an analysis of Stapleton’s Antidota, and specifically
his commentary on Matthew 11:21, this paper demonstrates Stapleton’s
dependence on Molina’s so-called theory of ‘middle knowledge’
Stucco, Guido: The Catholic Doctrine of Predestination. From Luther to Jansenius. Xlibris, 2014. ISBN 978-14-931-9760-6, 310pp
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Dahan, G. / Noblesse-Rocher, A. (eds.): La Bible de 1500 à 1535 (Bibliothèque de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sciences Religieuses, 181), Turnhout: Brepols, 2018, 366 pp
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