The series publishes critical editions of the decrees of those church councils which are termed ‘ecumenical’, as well as those of the main ‘general’ councils whose authority is recognized by most Christian denominations, or are accorded such status within the Roman tradition.

Canonical reception, theological effect, the scholarly consensus are therefore applied as the main criteria of a work based on scientific parameters and on philological principles. However, as well as each scholar who needs definitive editions, also the theologian can trace the proper approach of his discipline and confession.

When finished, the series will consist of seven volumes, spanning almost two millennia of conciliar decrees, all of them critically edited, indexed and introduced by specialists.

In Tome 6.1.1, the Ten Theses of Bern (1528) and the Bern Synodus (1532) are edited by Pierrick Hildebrand.

• Addresses the complexities of assessing the influence of one sixteenth-century figure on a religious tradition still very much alive across the globe
• The contributions draw on the latest research that draws together theological, lived, and cultural influences on a dynamic religious movement
• Offers fresh perspectives on Calvin's thought and influence and explores the broad spectrum in which they have been manifested over four hundred years in doctrine, institutions, literature, art, politics, and popular culture
• Places the legacy of Calvin in the context of the many other figures and influences that shaped Calvinism

Including an article by Pierrick Hildebrand

• Throws new light on Zwingli and Bullinger, who in the sixteenth-century Reformed world were as influential as Calvin
• Deals with a crucial body of understudied archival material, both in print and in manuscript, which is made available for the first time to a wider readership
• The first monograph on Bullinger's covenant theology in over a generation