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Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent

Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent

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Format and dimensions
BindingHardcover, one volume, sewn
Book size (H × W × T)29 × 20 × 3.5 cm (11.4 × 7.9 × 1.4 in)
Weight2.12 kg (4.7 lb)
PaperCream
ISBN978-1-919673-08-0

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ISBN: 978-1-919673-08-0

  • LATIN AND ENGLISH ON FACING PAGES – The first and only edition to set the original Latin and the English translation side by side as parallel texts.
  • THE STANDARD SCHROEDER TRANSLATION – The English of Fr Henry Joseph Schroeder, O.P., with translations of texts not included in his original edition.
  • COMPLETE – The full canons and decrees of the Council, the Church's definitive teaching on Scripture and Tradition, original sin, justification, the sacraments, the Mass and purgatory.
  • LIMITED FIRST EDITION – Just 60 copies.
  • BEAUTIFUL CREAM PAPER – Printed on cream paper, warm in tone and easy on the eye for long reading.
  • LARGE, CLEAR FORMAT – A 29 × 20 cm volume, sewn bound to open easily, in blue cloth with a gilt-lettered spine.

There are just 60 copies of this first edition. It is the complete Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent. Included are some translations which were not in the original Schroeder translation.

This indispensable edition of the Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent has both the original Latin and facing English translations of these texts.

The Council of Trent was arguably the most important ecumenical council in the history of the Church after Nicea I. Everything was at stake – from the existential threat of Protestantism, to the dogmas, the Liturgy, and the praxis of the Church. The council lasted eighteen years, was the prelude to the Counter Reformation and exerted an incalculable influence on the Church, and indeed on the whole of Christendom, for the next four hundred years.

The Canons and Decrees of Trent are an indispensable guide to what the Church infallibly holds to be true on every major and historically disputed doctrine, with definitive clarifications of the Church's position on the Creed, and such dogmas as Justification, Original Sin, Purgatory, Holy Orders, and the Eucharist. This edition is the first and only one to present the original Latin and the English translations as parallel texts.

The English translation is by Fr. Henry Joseph Schroeder OP (1875 – 1942), a world-renowned authority on the Ecumenical Councils and, at the time of his death, professor at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois.

FORMAT
Hardcover, one volume, sewn bound, printed on cream paper, Latin and English on facing pages
Dimensions: 29 × 20 × 3.5 cm (11.4 × 7.9 × 1.4 in)
Weight: 2.12 kg (4.7 lb)

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