Endnotes Council of Trent Introductory

1.>    Rom. i. 20

2.>    Coloss. i. 26, 27.

3.>    Rom. x. 17.

4.>    Rom. x. 14, 15.

5.>    Heb. i. 1.

6.>    Is.  xlix.  6.

7.>    Heb. i.  2.

8.>    2 Pet.  i. 17.

9.>    Eph.  iv. 11, 14.

10.>  Eph. ii. 22.

11.>  Luke x. 16.

12.>  Matt.  xxviii. 20.

13.>  1 John iv. 1.

14.>  Heb.  xiii. 9.

15.>  Jerem.  xxiii. 21.

16.>  Matt. xvi. 18

17.>  Sess.  xxiv. c. 7;  Sess. xxv, towards the end.

18.>  Eph. iv. 5.

19.>  John xvii. 3.

20.>  1 Cor. ii. 2.

21.>  Acts iv. 12.

22.>  1 John ii. 2, 3.

23.>  1 John ii. 6.

24.>  Tim. vi. 11.

25.>  Tit.  ii,  14.

26.>  Matt. xxii. 40;   1 Tim.  i. 5;   Rom. xiii. 10.

27.>  1 Tim. i.  5;   Rom. xiii. 10.

28.>  Psalm  lxxii. 25.

29.>  1 Cor. xii. 31.

30.>  1 Cor. xiii. 8.

31.>  1 Cor. xvi. 14.

32.>  1 Cor. ix. 22.

33.>  1 Cor. iv. 1, 2.

34.>  Matt. xxv. 23.

35.>  1 Pet. ii. 2.

36.>  1 Cor. iii. 2;  Heb. v. 12.

37.>  Eph.  iv.  13.

38.>  Rom.  i.  14.

39.>  Lamen.  iv.  4.

40.>  2 Cor. v. 14

41.>  1 Thess. ii. 7, 8.

42.>  1 Tim.  iv.  13.

43.>  2 Tim. iii. 16, 17.

44.>  1 Tim.  i.  5.

45.>  Luke   xxi.  25.

{a} On the necessity of revelation see St. Thomas, Summa Theol. i. i. l.

{b}   The Protestant Rebellion may be dated from 1520, and the Council of Trent was convened in December 13th, 1545.  Meanwhile The heretics were diseminating their errors far and wide, not only by the spoken word, but also by means of catechisms and pamphlets;  e.g.,  Luther's Enchiridion, of 1529, and Calvin's  "Formulary of Instruction" of 1536.  See Introduction.

{c}    Such as "The Lay Folks Catechism" of Cardinal Thoresby  (1357),  the "Pupilla Oculi" of John de Burgo  (1385),  and Gerson's "The A B C of Simple Folk,"  and the same author'a  " Opus Tripartitum."  This latter is regarded as the forerunner of the Catechism of the Council of Trent   (cf. Catholic Encycl. vol. v. pp. 75 ff.).  See Introduction.

{d}     The proposal of an authoritative Catechism was first made in the Council of Trent in April, 1546, but a committee to direct the work was not appointed before Feb., 1562.  The Catechism was completed and published towards the end of the year 1566.  The Presidents of the Catechism Commission were Cardinal Seripandi O.S.A., St. Charles Borromeo.  The composition of the work was entrusted to more than 20 expert theologians, of whom the chief collaborators were Bishop Muzio Calini and the three Dominicans, Leonardo Marini, Egidio Foscarari, and Francesco Foreiro.  The classic elegance of style for which the Catechism is also famous was due to the final polishing of the noted Latinists Manutius and Pogiani.  Cardinal Sirlet and the Dominicans, Manriguez and Locatelli, were the theological revisers of the Catechisim appointed by St. Pius V.

{e}     on the qualities of the preacher of the word of God see Summa Theol. 1a. 2ae. cxi. 4; 2a. 2ae. clxxvii. 1;  Encyc.  "Acerbo nimis"  of Pius X,  April 15th, 1905;  Encyc.  "Humani generis"  of Benedict XV,  June 15th, 1917.