Synod on the freedom of conscience :
Coornhert, D. V. 1522-1590.
Synod on the freedom of conscience : a thorough examination during the gathering held in the year 1582 in the city of Freetown / D.V. Coornhert ; translated, edited, annotated by Gerrit Voogt. - Amsterdam [Netherlands] : Amsterdam Univ. Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (240 pages). - Amsterdamse Gouden Eeuw reeks, 1875-9599 Bibliotheca dissidentium Neerlandicorum . - Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age. Bibliotheca dissidentium Neerlandicorum. .
This volume is jointly published with the Amsterdam Center for the Study of the Golden Age.
Includes bibliographical references.
Whether or not the true visible Church of Christ may err -- Proofs based on antiquity, customs, and traditions -- Rules and ceremonies not based on scripture -- The credibility of the patristic writings -- Proofs taken from councils and consensus -- Proofs based on examples from ecclesiastical histories -- Proofs from pagans -- Passing judgment on everyone, yet not wanting to suffer anyone's judgment -- Who is to judge on doctrine -- Whether judgment of heresy belongs to the civil or the ecclesiastical authority -- Freedom of conscience in faith as well as in its exercise and whether only the exercise of what the civil magistrate judges to be the true religion shall be allowed, and none else -- Those who criticize doctrine or disturb the external peace of the Church, and how they ought to be punished. First Session: Second Session: Third Session: Fourth Session: Fifth Session: Sixth Session: Seventh Session: Eighth Session: Ninth Session: Tenth Session: Eleventh Session: Twelfth Session: Those whose teachings differ from those of the Church, and whether they ought to be punished by death -- Whether or not we should dispute with those who teach differently -- The writing, publishing, printing, selling, having and reading of tracts and books -- Condemning others without hearing them -- Whether it is in accord with scripture that religious leaders appeal to the magistrate for support of their doctrine -- Denouncing mercifulness, praising severity, and counseling bloodshed in matters of faith -- Whether it is right for religious leaders to tell the civil magistrate that they have duty towards God to kill some people for matters of religion. Thirteenth Session: Fourteenth Session: Fifteenth Session: Sixteenth Session: Seventeenth Session: Eighteenth Session: Nineteenth Session:
The first complete English translation of Dirck Coornhert's 1630 Synod on the Freedom of Conscience, one of the most elaborate and powerful pleas for religious tolerance published in early modern Europe.
Transl. from the Dutch.
9048507995 9789048507993
206798 MIL 22573/ctt45t150 JSTOR
1500-1599
Freedom of religion--History--Netherlands--16th century.
Freedom of religion.
History of Western philosophy.
History.
Humanities.
PHILOSOPHY--General.
Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
Religion and beliefs.
Western philosophy: Medieval and Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600.
Netherlands.
Multi-User.
Electronic books.
History.
BV741 / .C66 2008eb
323.44/2492
Synod on the freedom of conscience : a thorough examination during the gathering held in the year 1582 in the city of Freetown / D.V. Coornhert ; translated, edited, annotated by Gerrit Voogt. - Amsterdam [Netherlands] : Amsterdam Univ. Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (240 pages). - Amsterdamse Gouden Eeuw reeks, 1875-9599 Bibliotheca dissidentium Neerlandicorum . - Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age. Bibliotheca dissidentium Neerlandicorum. .
This volume is jointly published with the Amsterdam Center for the Study of the Golden Age.
Includes bibliographical references.
Whether or not the true visible Church of Christ may err -- Proofs based on antiquity, customs, and traditions -- Rules and ceremonies not based on scripture -- The credibility of the patristic writings -- Proofs taken from councils and consensus -- Proofs based on examples from ecclesiastical histories -- Proofs from pagans -- Passing judgment on everyone, yet not wanting to suffer anyone's judgment -- Who is to judge on doctrine -- Whether judgment of heresy belongs to the civil or the ecclesiastical authority -- Freedom of conscience in faith as well as in its exercise and whether only the exercise of what the civil magistrate judges to be the true religion shall be allowed, and none else -- Those who criticize doctrine or disturb the external peace of the Church, and how they ought to be punished. First Session: Second Session: Third Session: Fourth Session: Fifth Session: Sixth Session: Seventh Session: Eighth Session: Ninth Session: Tenth Session: Eleventh Session: Twelfth Session: Those whose teachings differ from those of the Church, and whether they ought to be punished by death -- Whether or not we should dispute with those who teach differently -- The writing, publishing, printing, selling, having and reading of tracts and books -- Condemning others without hearing them -- Whether it is in accord with scripture that religious leaders appeal to the magistrate for support of their doctrine -- Denouncing mercifulness, praising severity, and counseling bloodshed in matters of faith -- Whether it is right for religious leaders to tell the civil magistrate that they have duty towards God to kill some people for matters of religion. Thirteenth Session: Fourteenth Session: Fifteenth Session: Sixteenth Session: Seventeenth Session: Eighteenth Session: Nineteenth Session:
The first complete English translation of Dirck Coornhert's 1630 Synod on the Freedom of Conscience, one of the most elaborate and powerful pleas for religious tolerance published in early modern Europe.
Transl. from the Dutch.
9048507995 9789048507993
206798 MIL 22573/ctt45t150 JSTOR
1500-1599
Freedom of religion--History--Netherlands--16th century.
Freedom of religion.
History of Western philosophy.
History.
Humanities.
PHILOSOPHY--General.
Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
Religion and beliefs.
Western philosophy: Medieval and Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600.
Netherlands.
Multi-User.
Electronic books.
History.
BV741 / .C66 2008eb
323.44/2492