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3 unusual facts about Consilium de Emendanda Ecclesia


Consilium

Consilium de Emendanda Ecclesia, a 1536 report commissioned by Pope Paul III on the abuses in the Catholic Church

Consilium de Emendanda Ecclesia

Johannes Sturm approached the Consilium more seriously, applauding the effort made by the Catholic Church to abolish some of its most pressing abuses, but showing great concern whether the church could revitalisize itself without giving greater importance to the Gospel.

Martin Luther published a German version, completed with sarcastic side margins.



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