The ''Corpus Catholicorum'' (Corp. Cath., CCath., CC) is a collection of sixteenth-century writings by the leading proponents and defenders of the

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against the teachings of the

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. The full title of the series is: ''Corpus Catholicorum: Werke katholischer Schriftsteller im Zeitalter der Glaubensspaltung'' i.e. ''Body of Catholic ritings Works of Catholic authors in the Time of the Splitting of the Faith.'' The series, intended as a counterpart to the

Corpus Reformatorum The Corpus Reformatorum (Corp. Ref., Cor. Ref., C.R., CR) ( Halle (Saale), 1834 sqq.), is the general Latin title given to a large collection of Reformation writings. This collection, which runs to 101 volumes, contains reprints of the collecte ...

, was conceived by Professor Joseph Greving (1868–1919) of the

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in 1915, and was announced that same year in the
Theologische Revue
' as a "Plan für ein Corpus Catholicorum" or "Plan for a Corpus Catholicorum" The Fortnightly review
ed., Arthur Preuss, St. Louis, Missouri, Volume XXVI, No. 21, November 1, 1919, p. 332

List of volumes in the Corpus Catholicorum

*Vol. 1, Dr. Joseph Greving, S.J., ed., Münster in Westfalen, 1919, Verlag der Aschendorffeschen Verlagsbuchhandlung -

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Johann Eck Johann Maier von Eck (13 November 1486 – 13 February 1543), often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Catholic theologian, scholastic, prelate, and a pioneer of the counter-reformation who was among Martin Luther's most important int ...

. ''Defensio contra amarulentas d. Andreae Bodenstein'',

*Vol. 2, Johannes Metzler, S.J. ed., Münster in Westfalen, 1921 - HathiTrust

**Johannes Eck, ''Epistola de Ratione Studiorum Suorum'' (1538) **Erasmus Wolph, ''De Orbitu Ioan. Eckii Adversus Calumniam Viti Theodorici'' (1543) *Vol. 3. Joseph Schweizer, ed., Munster in Westfalen, 1920. **

Johann Cochlaeus Johann Cochlaeus (Cochläus) (1479 – 10 January 1552) was a German humanist, music theorist, and controversialist. Life Originally Johann Dobneck, he was born of poor parents at Wendelstein (near Nuremberg), from which he obtained the punni ...

''Adversus cucullatum minotaurum wittenbergensem: De sacramentorum gratia iterum''
(1523), *Vol. 4, Dr. Franz Xaver Thurnhofer, ed., Munster in Westfalen, 1921 - HathiTrust

**

Jerome Emser Jerome (or Hieronymus) Emser (March 20, 1477 – November 8, 1527), German theologian and antagonist of Luther, was born of a good family at Ulm. He studied Greek at Tübingen and jurisprudence at Basel, and after acting for three years as chapla ...

(Hieronymus Emser), ''De disputatione Lipsicensi, quantum ad Boemos obiter deflexa est'', (1519) **''A Venatione Luteriana Aegocerotis Assertio'', (1519) *Vol. 5, Dr. Ulrich Schmidt O. F. M, ed., Münster in Westfalen, Aschendorff, 1922 - HathiTrust

** Caspar Schatzgeyer, Kaspar Schatzgeyer, O.F.M., ''Scrutinium Divinae Scripturae pro conciliatione dissidentium dogmatum'' (1522). *Vol. 34. Pierre Fraenkel, ed., Münster in Westfalen, Aschendorff, 1979. **

. ''Enchiridion locorum communium adversus Lutherum et alios hostes ecclesiae''; mit den Zusätzen von Tilmann Smeling. nchiridion (i.e., handbook or manual) of Commonplaces against Luther and other Enemies of the Church: with the additions by Tilmann Smelingbr>
*Vol. 43. Pierre Fraenkel, Münster, Aschendorff, 1992, . ** Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII. ''Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Henry VIII, King of England''. *Vols. 45-48: '' Mary Ward und ihre Gründung: Die Quellentexte bis 1645'' ''(Mary Ward and Her Foundation. The Source Texts to 1645)'', 4 vols, 2007, Sr. Ursula Dirmeier, CJ, ed., Münster 2007. *Vol. 45 (Band 1),

*Vol. 46 (Band 2),

*Vol. 47 (Band 3),

*Vol. 48 (Band 4) {{ISBN, 340203462X}

Notes

Books

*Joseph Greving, ''Plan für ein Corpus Catholicorum'' (Sonderabdruck aus der Theologischen Revue, Jahrgang. 14, i.e. printed separately from the Theological Review, vol. 14, Nr. 17/18), Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung,

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Münster in Westphale

*Joseph Greving, ''Johann Eck als junger Gelehrter. Eine literar- und dogmengeschichtliche Untersuchung über seinen Chrysopassus praedestinationis aus dem Jahre 1514,''Aschendorff, 906 Münster in Westphale

Counter-Reformation Series of books 16th-century Christian texts