THIRD MILLENNIUM LIBRARY
 

 

History of the Catholic Church

from the

Renaissance to the French Revolution

By

REV. JAMES MACCAFFREY

VOLUME I

Preface

Chapter I Causes of the Reformation

1.-The Renaissance.

2.- Political and Social Condition of Europe.

3.- The Religious Condition of Europe.

Chapter II The Religious Revolution: Lutheranism and Zwinglianism

1.-In Germany.

2.- Zwingli in Switzerland: His Attitude Towards Lutheranism.

3.-Northern Europe.

Chapter III Progress of Calvinism

1.-In Switzerland.

2.- Calvinism in France.

3.-Calvinism in the Netherlands.

Chapter IV.- The Counter-Reformation

1.-Introduction.

2.- The Council of Trent.

3.- The Reforming Activity of the Popes

4.- The Religious Orders and the Counter-Reformation.

5.-The Thirty Years’ War.

Chapter V.- Catholic Missions

Chapter VI.- Theological Controversies and Studies

1.-Baianism.

2.-The Molinist Controversy.

3.-Jansenism.

4.-The Immaculate Conception.

5.-Tyrannicide.

6.-The Copernican System. Galileo Galilei.

7.-Progress of Theological Studies.

Chapter VII.- The Age of Absolutism and Unbelief

1.-Gallicanism.

2.- Febronianism and Josephism.

3.-Jansenism.

4.-Quietism.

Chapter VIII.- Rationalism and its Effects

1.-Anti-Christian Philosophy of the Eighteenth Century.

2.-The Aufklarung Movement in Germany.

3.-Freemasonry.

4.-The Suppression of the Society of Jesus.

5.-Failure of Attempts at Reunion. Protestant Sects.

Chapter IX.- The Papacy

Chapter X.- Theological Studies. Religious Life.