Examination of the Council of Trent

by Martin Chemnitz

Publisher:

Concordia Publishing House

, 1971

Overview

For centuries, Examination of the Council of Trent has been the basis for Catholic–Lutheran dialogue on all aspects of Christian theology, ministry, and church life. This is the first English translation of Chemnitz’s work, which became the standard Lutheran answer to the claims of Rome as set forth at Trent.

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Key Features

• Preface by the translator
• Biographical sketch of Martin Chemnitz
• Subject indexes

Contents

Top Highlights

“The question therefore is whether in the same manner the mind and the will have implanted in them, from the moment of birth, such power, such forces and faculties that when he reads, hears, or meditates on the Word of God, he can, without the Holy Spirit, through purely natural powers (as the Scholastics say) conceive such impulses and elicit such actions in the mind, will, and heart as the Scripture demands for contrition, faith, and the new obedience.” (Volume 1, Page 425)

“The canonical Scripture has its eminent authority chiefly from this, that it is divinely inspired, 2 Tim. 3:16, that is, that it was not brought forth by the will of men but that the men of God, moved by the Holy Spirit, both spoke and wrote, 2 Peter 1:21. But in order that this whole necessary matter might be firmly established against all impostures, God chose certain definite persons that they should write and adorned them with many miracles and divine testimonies that there should be no doubt that what they wrote was divinely inspired.” (Volume 1, Page 176)

“It remains now that we examine it. Let us bring to this examination (as Augustine teaches) ‘no rigged balances, where we can weigh out what we please and as we please, saying according to our own will: ‘This is heavy; that is light.’ Rather let us bring forward the divine balance from the Holy Scripture, from the treasuries of the Lord, and on it let us weigh what is heavier, or rather, let us not weigh but recognize what has been weighed by the Lord.’ These are words of Augustine, De baptismo contra Donatistas, Bk. 2, ch. 9.” (Volume 1, Page 47)

Product Details

• Title: Examination of the Council of Trent
• Author: Martin Chemnitz
• Translator: Fred Kramer
• Publisher: Concordia
• Publication Date: 1971
• Pages: 2,404

About Martin Chemnitz

Martin Chemnitz (November 9, 1522–April 8, 1586) was an eminent second-generation Lutheran theologian, reformer, churchman, and confessor. In the Lutheran tradition he is known as Alter Martinus, the “Second Martin”: Si Martinus non fuisset, Martinus vix stetisset (“If Martin had not come along, Martin would hardly have survived”) goes a common saying concerning him.