欧洲宗教改革时期的特兰托公会议

The Council of Trent in the Protestant Reformation

作为欧洲宗教改革重要事件的特兰托公会议,其召开的背景是社会经济活动个体性特征的突显推进了宗教信仰的个体性化发展,天主教会需要稳固社会政治权威及其宗教传统。特兰托公会议的首要议题是维护和重申天主教的教义,其重要议程是如何统一信仰并进行改革,解决圣经启示和教会传统哪一个更具法律效力等长期争议的问题。特兰托公会议关于教义的讨论,包括重申了关于称义的教义,重申传统的天主教会理论,就“双重正义”和赦罪的问题进行辩论。

Council of Trent,an important event in the Reformation,was held against the background of the individualization of religious beliefs due to economic activities growth,and the need for the Catholic Church to stabilize its socio-political authority and its religious traditions.The Council of Trent was primarily concerned with the preservation and reaffirmation of Catholic doctrine,with the main agenda being the unification and reform of the faith,as well as the resolution of the long-standing debate over which was more legally valid,biblical revelation or church tradition.The Council of Trento’s theological deliberations included a reaffirmation of the doctrine of justification and the Catholic Church’s traditional doctrine,and debates on the topics of“double justice”and“sin forgiveness”.