Lecture Series: Normative production and decision-making processes in the Roman Curia (16th-20th centuries)

How decisions are made in an ecumenical council. The rules of the Council of Trent as a turning point in the development of council proceedings between tradition and innovation

by Alexandra von Teuffenbach (Kadokawa cultural foundation, Rome)

Europe/Berlin
Hybrid format: online and in Frankfurt (Seminarraum - Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory)

Hybrid format: online and in Frankfurt

Seminarraum - Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory

Frankfurt am Main
Description

The procedures by which decisions were reached at the Council of Trent were not established immediately. The papal legates who directed the assembly dealt with problems day by day and in agreement with the Pope, whom they consulted frequently. The secretary of the Council, Angelo Massarelli, however, took note of everything and left for posterity a detailed description of the methods followed, especially those that were ultimately "successful" given the Council's extraordinary results for the faith and customs of the Catholic Church. The analysis of the rules of the Council of Trent shows that they were modelled in many respects on previous ecumenical councils and that, thanks to Massarelli’s detailed description, they became of fundamental importance in drafting the rules of the First Vatican Council.

For more information on the lecture series see: https://events.gwdg.de/category/172/ 

 

Organised by

Research Group “Normative knowledge in the praxis of the Congregation of the Council. The production of normative categories and models for the post-Tridentine world”

Francesco Giuliani