Introduction
Xavier Tubau
Chapter 1: Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda’s Conciliarism in his Lost De potestate papae et concilii
Ignacio García Pinilla
Chapter 2: Theorizing in Trent: Alfonso de Castro, Anti-Heretical Theory, and the Politics of Reform
Kimberly Lynn
Chapter 3: Conflicting Loyalties: Church Freedom, Pastoral Care and Civil Duties in Diego de Álava y Esquivel
Xavier Tubau
Chapter 4: Conciliarism and Episcopalism in the Council of Trent. The Position of the Spanish Bishops
Ignasi Fernández Terricabras
Chapter 5: Heresy and the Language of Catholicism in Sixteenth Century Spain (1558-1560)
María José Vega
Chapter 6: Antonio de Córdoba on the Relationship between Council and Pope
Thomas M. Izbicki
Chapter 7: Christian Freedom and Natural Freedom: An Introduction to an Archeology of Catholic Controversies over Slavery
Rafael Pérez García
Chapter 8: Ecclesiastical Romanism and Spanish Universalism: Post-Tridentine Ecclesiology in Light of the Intra-Ecclesiastical Doctrinal Controversies
Paolo Broggio
Biography
Xavier Tubau is a tenured scientist at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas in Madrid. He was previously tenured professor at Hamilton College. He holds a PhD in Spanish Philology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Tubau’s volume deserves a wide readership. The scholarship on display here is excellent, and the conclusions provocative.
Lu Ann Homza, The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 111, No. 3 (Summer 2025), pp. 576-577






