Certain Sainthood : : Canonization and the Origins of Papal Infallibility in the Medieval Church / / Donald S. Prudlo.

The doctrine of papal infallibility is a central tenet of Roman Catholicism, and yet it is frequently misunderstood by Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Much of the present-day theological discussion points to the definition of papal infallibility made at Vatican I in 1870, but the origins of the d...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016]
©2015
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. “By the Authority of Blessed Peter”: Making Saint- Making
  • 2. “They Trust not in the Suffrages of the Saints”: Saintly Skirmishes
  • 3. “That the Perversity of Heretics Might Be Confounded”: From Practice to Theory
  • 4. ”Hark, Hark, the Dogs Do Bark . . .”: The Assault on Mendicant Holiness (1234–60)
  • 5. “That God Might Not Permit Us to Err”: The Articulation of Infallibility in Canonization
  • 6. Sancti per fidem vicerunt regna: “The Saints, by Faith, Conquered Kingdoms”
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index