Tappers legacy. Catholic clerical culture and pastoral strategies between theory and practice in an age of confessionalism (1545-1621). KU Leuven
This research project surveys the impact in local communities and milieus of ideas on the cure of the souls shared by Leuven-trained theologians. In the course of the sixteenth century clerical culture and attitudes transformed thoroughly as it shifted towards a pastoral approach. The decrees of the Council of Trent established pastoral solicitude as the general standard. The Leuven faculty had long been a standard bearer of this mindset and ...