engleski

The Repentant Reformist: The Evolution of Enea Silvio Piccolomini's Views on Conciliarism in his Letters

The Counciliar Movement was probably the last large-scale medieval attempt of reforming the Catholic Church that had any prospect of succeeding. Like many of his contemporaries, the young and enthusiastic humanist Enea Silvio Piccolomini participated in the proceedings of the Council of Basel, and wholeheartedly supported the election of the reformist anti-pope Felix V. In both his private and public letters, he expressed radical counciliarist concepts, which supported the reform of the ecclesiastical hierarchy and denied the supreme power of the pope. However, over the years he gradually stopped supporting the Council and became a staunch advocate of the Roman Papacy. Concurrently, the views expressed in his letters gradually became less rationalistic and increasingly eschatological, possibly due to his failing health. This radical change of perspective offers us not only a valuable insight into the evolution of a 15th century humanist's personal spirituality, but also into the theological and political arguments for and against Counciliarism – the „Reformation that came early“.

Enea Silvio Piccolomini; Pius II; Council of Basel; Eugene IV; conciliarism; epistles; Church reform; Renaissance humanism; Hartung von Kappel; Felix V; conversion; Louis Aleman; Jordan Mallant; Nicholas V; Juan Carvajal; Giuliano Cesarini; Taborites; 15th century; theology; papal supremacy

nije evidentirano