Catholic Reform from Cardinal Ximenes to the Council of Trent 1495-1563 An Essay With Illustrative Documents and a Brief Study of St. Ignatius Loyola

The early sixteenth century, a time of great religious ferment and upheaval, is marked historically by the Protestant Reformation. Professor Olin focuses here on a parallel movement of renewal and reform that remained within the Catholic Church--a movement of fundamental importance, but one not often given due emphasis or analysis. A lengthy study traces the course of Catholic reform from Ximenes' initiatives to the close of the Council of Trent. Several key documents, translated from the Latin, and a study of Ignatius Loyola, arguably the most important contributor to Catholic reform, show through contemporary sources and activities the character of the Catholic reform movement. Book jacket.Olin, John C. is the author of 'Catholic Reform from Cardinal Ximenes to the Council of Trent 1495-1563 An Essay With Illustrative Documents and a Brief Study of St. Ignatius Loyola', published 1990 under ISBN 9780823212804 and ISBN 0823212807.