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A REFORMATION DEBATE This Page Intentionally Left Blank JOHN CALVIN G JACOPO SADOLETO A REFORMATION DEBATE Sadoleto's Letter to the Getleuam and Reply Calvin's with an Appendix on the Justification Corttroversy EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY JOHN C. OLIN FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK 2000 Copyright 0 1966, 2000 by JOHN C. OLIN All rights reserved. ISBN 0-8232-1990-9 (hardcover) ISBN 0-8232-1991-7 (paperback) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Calvin, J a ,1 509-1564. A reformation debate: Sadoleto's letter to the Genevans andC alvin's reply / edited with an introduction, by John C. Olin : with an appendx on the Justification Controversy. p. cm. Onginally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1966. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8232-1 990-9 (hardcover) - ISBN 0-8232-1 991-7 (pbk.) 1. Reformation-Sources. 2. Church-Authority, 3. Justification. I. Sadoleto, Jacopo, 1477-1547, 11. Title. BR301 .C3 2000 230'.42'092-"dc21 00-0372 10 Printed in the United States of America ToX arian who also has patience This Page Intentionally Left Blank Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction I Sadoleto’s Letter to the Genevans . . , . . , 23 . . . . . . . . Calvin’Rs epltySo a doleto 43 Appendix: I Calvin on Justification . . . 89 , 11 The Council of Trent on Justification . . . . . . . 108 This Page Intentionally Left Blank Preface The Reformation of the sixteenth century was essentially a religious event. Other factors undoubtedlyp layed their part in its coming, course, and manifold consequences, but the event itself, if that term may be used to signify so extended a devel- opment, was first and foremost a revolution in the domain of religious faith and practice. It is important, therefore, in the study of the Reformation to give dose attention to the reli- gious issues involved, that is, to the doctrines and beliefs that were the subject of controversy and the chief concern of Re- formera nd Catholic apologist alike. Such, in brief, is the thought underlying this volume. The documents it presents unfold these controversial doctrinali ssues, particularly the very basic ones of the authority of Church and Scripturea nd of the justification of man before God. As formulations of that time, they also give us some of the accent, spirit, and argu- ment in which these issues were discussed. And because of their sources they may be said to bear the mark of high au- thenticity. c. J. 0. December 10, I 965 I wrote the above paragraph as the Preface for this volume when it was first published as a Harper Torchbook in 1966. It applies equally well €or this new edition which now appears under the imprint of Fordham University Press. It is a plea- sure for me, I might add, to have this volume join my other books on this period that the Press has published. It marks a long and happy association with that Press. I would also like to note that very recently the doctrinal issue of justification by faith alone, which may be said to have inaugurated the Protestant Reformation and become its basic ix
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