''Examination of the Council of Trent'' (

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...

: ''Examen Concilii Tridentini'', 1565–73) is a large theological work of Lutheran Reformer Martin Chemnitz. The work was published in Latin as four volumes. It includes the decrees and canons of the

Council of Trent The Council of Trent ( la, Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent (or Trento), now in northern Italy, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described a ...

analysed from a

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point of view. ''Examination of the Council of Trent'' has been translated into English by Fred Kramer and published by Concordia Publishing House, 1971–86.

Diogo de Payva de Andrada Diogo de Payva de Andrada (26 July 1528 – 1 December 1575) was a celebrated Portuguese theologian of the sixteenth century. Biography He was born at Coimbra, the son of the grand treasurer of João III. His original bent was towards for ...

, a delegate at the

, replied to Chemnitz's ''Examen'' with what is regarded as his best work: '' A Defence of the Faith of Trent'', published in 1578. The doctrinal dispute between Andrada and Chemnitz had gone back and forth since Chemnitz had first published ''Theologiae Jesuitarum praecipua capita'', in 1562.

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