Popish Impudence: The Perseverance of the Roman Catholic Faithful in Calvinist Holland, 1572-1620
In 1573, during the revolt against Habsburg Spain, the province of Holland officially proscribed Roman Catholic worship. The Reformed Church became the protected public church of the independent Dutch Republic. In many Dutch cities, however, Roman Catholic worship would survive and even flourish, de...
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| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1995
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1995, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-85 |
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| Summary: | In 1573, during the revolt against Habsburg Spain, the province of Holland officially proscribed Roman Catholic worship. The Reformed Church became the protected public church of the independent Dutch Republic. In many Dutch cities, however, Roman Catholic worship would survive and even flourish, despite the sectarian hostility of the Calvinist ecclesiastical establishment. Religious tolerance varied from town to town, depending on the sympathies of local magisterial authorities. In cities where tensions existed between political and Reformed elites over local ecclesiastical settlements, Catholics could enjoy a relatively high degree of toleration. They learned to exercise their beliefs within the parameters of a clandestine, shadowy religious subculture. Lay and clerical efforts, led by the apostolic vicar, to revive a secretive episcopal hierarchy, which successfully offered regular pastoral care to the Roman Catholic faithful, also contributed enormously to the rejuvenation of the old church in nominally Calvinist Holland in the early seventeenth century. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2541526 |