Calvin and the Libri Carolini
James R. Payton
Beginning with the 1550 edition of his Institutio Christianae Religionis, Calvin included a section that criticizes Seventh Ecumenical Council (Nicea II, 787). For treatment he relied on 1549 Libri Carolini-a work written by theologians Charlemagne's court as response to Nicene Council. Little known through Middle Ages, Carolini caused considerable stir upon their publication. A surprising recent discovery is had already made use Carolingian document in 1547, Trent. This study examines what about provenance Carolini, number and location copies have existed sixteenth century, how came be published, Calvin's them, it offers an explanation could access them before they were published.
The Sixteenth century journal