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The Quatuor concilia generalia (''Tomus primus quatuor Conciliorum generalium'' & ''Tomus secundus quatuor Conciliorum generalium'') was a two volume book published in 1524 in Paris. It was edited by
vol. 1
The Quatuor concilia generalia (''Tomus primus quatuor Conciliorum generalium'' & ''Tomus secundus quatuor Conciliorum generalium'') was a two volume book published in 1524 in Paris. It was edited by Jacques Merlin
Jacques (Joaquim) Merlin (c. 1480 – 26 September 1541) was a French theologian and book editor, best remembered for his pioneering two volume collection of church councils, the Quatuor concilia generalia printed in 1524.
Jacques was born in Sai ...
, printed by Jean Cornilleau and published by Galliot du Pré. It concerns four Ecumenical councils: the Third Council of Constantinople
The Third Council of Constantinople, counted as the Sixth Ecumenical Council by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, as well by certain other Western Churches, met in 680–681 and condemned monoenergism and monothelitism as heretica ...
(Sixth Ecumenical Council 680–681), the controversial Second Council of Nicaea
The Second Council of Nicaea is recognized as the last of the first seven ecumenical councils by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. In addition, it is also recognized as such by the Old Catholics, the Anglican Communion, an ...
(Seventh Ecumenical Council 787), the Council of Constance
The Council of Constance was a 15th-century ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held from 1414 to 1418 in the Bishopric of Constance in present-day Germany. The council ended the Western Schism by deposing or accepting the res ...
(sixteenth Ecumenical Council 1414-18) and the dramatic Council of Basel
The Council of Florence is the seventeenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held between 1431 and 1449. It was convoked as the Council of Basel by Pope Martin V shortly before his death in February 1431 and took place in ...
(seventeenth Ecumenical Council 1431–1449).
Known copies
There are very few known extant copies: In volume one (Tomus primus) of the copy in the Bodleian there is the first example of an Englishbookplate
An ''Ex Libris'' (from ''ex-librīs'', ), also known as a bookplate (or book-plate, as it was commonly styled until the early 20th century), is a printed or decorative label pasted into a book, often on the front endpaper, to indicate ownership. ...
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has suggested that the bookplate – painted on paper rather than printed – may have been put there by someone donating the book to Wolsey. Such a bookplate is not to be found in the second volume.
Digital copy
* ''Tomus primus quatuor Conciliorum'vol. 1
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