The Catholic Church and the Dutch Bible : from the Council of Trent to the Jansenist controversy (1564-1733) / by Els Agten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agten, Els, 1985- Author.

Series:

Brill's series in church history ; Volume 80.

Brill's Series in Church History ; Volume 80

Standardized Title:

Meint gy dat gy ook wel verstaet, het gene gy leest?

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jansenists--Netherlands--History.

Jansenists.

Bible--Translating--Netherlands--History.

Bible.

Catholic Church--Netherlands--History--16th century.

Catholic Church.

Netherlands--Church history--16th century.

Netherlands.

Netherlands--Church history--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

"In The Catholic Church and the Bible: From the Council of Trent to the Jansenist Controversy (1564-1733), Els Agten studies the impact of Jansenism and anti-Jansenism on the ideas regarding vernacular Bible reading and Bible production in the Low Countries in the broader seventeenth century. The book provides a review of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century book censorship and an analysis of the ideas and the writings of ten protagonists, including theologians, Bible translators, ecclesiastical authorities and representatives of Port-Royal. This way, Agten demonstrates that the Jansenists were stimulating the laity, with the inclusion of women and children, to read the Bible in the vernacular, with no restrictions whatsoever. Their opponents, in contrast, adopted a more wary position".

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Catholic University of Leuven, 2014, under the title: "Meint gy dat gy ook wel verstaet, het gene gy leest?" : the Catholic Church and the Dutch Bible : from the Council of Trent to the Jansenist Controversy (1564-1733).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-42022-3

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004420229 DOI