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

• Superior document: Brill's Series in Church History ; Volume 80
• VerfasserIn: Agten, Els, 1985-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's series in church history ; Volume 80.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• 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).
• Other title: Meint gy dat gy ook wel verstaet, het gene gy leest?
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004420223
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Els Agten.

"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".