A Reformation Debate: John Calvin & Jacopo Sadoleto
A Reformation Debate: John Calvin & Jacopo Sadoleto
EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY JOHN C. OLIN
Copyright Date: 2000
Published by: Fordham University Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt13x0212
Pages: 130
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt13x0212
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A Reformation Debate: John Calvin & Jacopo Sadoleto
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In 1539, Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto, Bishop of Carpentras, addressed a letter to the magistrates and citizens of Geneva, asking them to return to the Roman Catholic faith. John Calvin replied to Sadoleto, defending the adoption of the Protestant reforms. Sadoleto's letter and Calvin's reply constitute one of the most interesting exchanges of Roman Catholic/Protestant views during the Reformationand an excellent introduction to the great religious controversy of the sixteenth century. These statements are not in vacuo of a Roman Catholic and Protestant position. They were drafted in the midst of the religious conflict that was then dividing Europe. And they reflect too the temperaments and personal histories of the men who wrote them. Sadoleto's letter has an irenic approach, an emphasis on the unity and peace of the Church, highly characteristic of the Christian Humanism he represented. Calvin's reply is in part a personal defense, an apologia pro vita sua, that records his own religious experience. And its taut, comprehensive argument is characteristic of the disciplined and logical mind of the author of The Institutes of the Christian Religion.

eISBN: 978-0-8232-4713-4
Subjects: Religion
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt13x0212.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-viii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt13x0212.2
  3. Preface
    Preface (pp. ix-x)
    J. C. O.
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt13x0212.3
  4. Introduction
    Introduction (pp. 1-22)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt13x0212.4

    In March, 1539, Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto, bishop of Carpentras in southern France, addressed a letter to the magistrates and citizens of Geneva asking them to return to the Catholic faith. The following August, John Calvin replied to Sadoleto, defending the adoption of the Protestant reforms. Both letters are lucid and eloquent statements of their respective positions. The dialogue they embody is polemical, but withal their tone is elevated, and their arguments are substantial. Sadoleto’s letter and Calvin’s reply constitute one of the most interesting exchanges of Catholic-Protestant views during the Reformation era. Together they afford an excellent introduction to the...

  5. Sadoleto’s Letter to the Genevans
    Sadoleto’s Letter to the Genevans (pp. 23-42)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt13x0212.5

    Very dear brethren in Christ, peace to you and with us, that is, with the Catholic Church, the mother of all, both us and you, love and concord from God, the Father Almighty, and from His only Son Jesus Christ, our Lord, together with the Holy Spirit, perfect Unity in Trinity; to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

    I presume, very dear brethren, it is known to some of you that I am now residing at Carpentras, having come from Nice, to which I had attended the Supreme Pontiff on his journey from Rome to mediate between...

  6. Calvin’s Reply to Sadoleto
    Calvin’s Reply to Sadoleto (pp. 43-88)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt13x0212.6

    In the great abundance of learned men whom our age has produced, your excellent learning and distinguished eloquence having deservedly procured you a place among the few whom all, who would be thought studious of liberal arts, look up to and revere, it is with great reluctance I bring forward your name before the learned world, and address to you the following expostulation. Nor, indeed, would I have done it if I had not been dragged into this arena by a strong necessity. For I am not unaware how reprehensible it would be to show any eagerness in attacking a...

  7. I Calvin on Justification
    I Calvin on Justification (pp. 89-107)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt13x0212.7
  8. II The Council of Trent on Justification
    II The Council of Trent on Justification (pp. 108-130)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt13x0212.8
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