Conciliation and Confession - 9780268033637

Conciliation and ConfessionThe Struggle for Unity in the Age of Reform, 1415-1648\nAuthor(s): Howard P. Louthan, Randall C. Zachman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268033637, 978-0268033637\nSynopsis\nReligious conciliators have always faced resistance and critique as they mediate between groups devoted to ideological agendas that leave little room for maneuver and negotiation. From the conciliar to the confessional age the normal challenges that peacemakers perennially faced were magnified. The church was divided, and there did not appear to be any obvious solution to the crisis that began in the late fourteenth century with the Great Western Schism [tel]. This volume investigates the activities of those who worked for the restoration of ecclesial unity, first in the conciliar era, then in the early years of the Protestant reformations, and finally during the \""confessional age\"" when.