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Faith on the Margins : Catholics and Catholicism in the Dutch Golden Age / / Charles H. Parker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (346 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780674033719
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 282/.49209032 23/eng/20221205
LOC classification:
  • BX1550
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Map -- Introduction -- 1 Caught between Reformations: -- 2 Training the Laborers: -- 3 Laboring in the Vineyard: -- 4 Restoring a Catholic Presence: -- 5 Paying the Priest, Feeding the Poor: -- Conclusion -- Appendix: -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: In the wake of the 1572 revolt against Spain, the new Dutch Republic outlawed Catholic worship and secularized all church property. Calvinism prevailed as the public faith, yet Catholicism experienced a resurgence in the first half of the seventeenth century, with membership rivaling that of the Calvinist church. In a wide-ranging analysis of a marginalized yet vibrant religious minority, Charles Parker examines this remarkable revival. It had little to do with the traditional Dutch reputation for tolerance. A keen sense of persecution, combined with a vigorous program of reform, shaped a movement that imparted meaning to Catholics in a Protestant republic. A pastoral organization known as the Holland Mission emerged to establish a vigorous Catholic presence. A chronic shortage of priests enabled laymen and women to exercise an exceptional degree of leadership in local congregations. Increased interaction between clergy and laity reveals a picture that differs sharply from the standard account of the Counter-Reformation's clerical dominance and imposition of church reform on a reluctant populace. There were few places in early modern Europe where a proscribed religious minority was so successful in remaining a permanent fixture of society. Faith on the Margins casts light on the relationship between religious minorities and hostile environments.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Map -- Introduction -- 1 Caught between Reformations: -- 2 Training the Laborers: -- 3 Laboring in the Vineyard: -- 4 Restoring a Catholic Presence: -- 5 Paying the Priest, Feeding the Poor: -- Conclusion -- Appendix: -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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In the wake of the 1572 revolt against Spain, the new Dutch Republic outlawed Catholic worship and secularized all church property. Calvinism prevailed as the public faith, yet Catholicism experienced a resurgence in the first half of the seventeenth century, with membership rivaling that of the Calvinist church. In a wide-ranging analysis of a marginalized yet vibrant religious minority, Charles Parker examines this remarkable revival. It had little to do with the traditional Dutch reputation for tolerance. A keen sense of persecution, combined with a vigorous program of reform, shaped a movement that imparted meaning to Catholics in a Protestant republic. A pastoral organization known as the Holland Mission emerged to establish a vigorous Catholic presence. A chronic shortage of priests enabled laymen and women to exercise an exceptional degree of leadership in local congregations. Increased interaction between clergy and laity reveals a picture that differs sharply from the standard account of the Counter-Reformation's clerical dominance and imposition of church reform on a reluctant populace. There were few places in early modern Europe where a proscribed religious minority was so successful in remaining a permanent fixture of society. Faith on the Margins casts light on the relationship between religious minorities and hostile environments.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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