Wisløffs Dogmehistorie 30 Tridentinerkonsilet forts.
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Sep 24, 2021 A deep dive into Tridentine debates about the mass as a true sacrifice and the Protestant objections that followed. Scriptural arguments and medieval scholastic clarifications get unpacked. The conversation then shifts to ordination: who holds sacerdotal power, the nature of priestly character, and tensions over papal versus episcopal authority.
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Trent Defines the Mass As A Real Sacrifice
- Tridentine doctrine affirms the Mass as a true and proper sacrifice with multiple aspects: atonement, thanksgiving and prayer.
- Wisløff highlights Tridentine insistence on sacrificium proprium and its fourfold viewpoint in response to Protestant critique.
How Catholics Reconcile Mass With Christ's Once For All Death
- The Catholic response sought a form of identity between Christ's cross-offering and the Mass without calling it a mere repetition.
- Wisløff cites scholastics (e.g., Gabriel Biel) who framed the Mass as a representation or continuation, not new death.
Protestant Objection To A Recurrent Sacrifice
- Protestants (Luther, Calvin) argued the Mass cannot be a repeat of Golgotha and emphasized Scripture saying Christ died once for all.
- Wisløff explains Protestant shock at a daily sacrificial Mass and their insistence on the Lord's Supper as God’s gift to the faithful.
