Disputationes de Controversiis

The final edition of 1596 of the Controversiae contains a total of 17 controversies: Volume II The second volume is about the authority of councils and the Church, whether militant, expectant, or triumphant. Volume III This volume treats of the sacraments. Volume IV This volume is about divine grace, free will, justification, and good works. == Almost in the Index ==

In 1590, Pope Sixtus V had, of his own initiative, placed the first volume on a new edition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum for denying that the pope had direct temporal authority over the whole world. The entry concerning Bellarmine reads: "Roberti Bellarmini Disputationes de Controversiis Christianae fidei adversus huius temporis haereticos. Nisi prius ex superioribus regulis recognitae fuerint." However, Sixtus V died before he could promulgate the bull which would have made this new edition of the Index come into force. The successor of Sixtus V, Urban VII, asked for an examination and after it was done, Bellarmine was exonerated and the book was removed from the Index. Bellarmine reasoned that though the pope is the vicar of Christ, since Christ did not exercise his temporal power, nor may the pope. ==Translation into English==

Though several books of this work have been translated into English in the past, only recently has it seen its first complete translation project in full, in an English translation made by Ryan Grant. Several parts of the work have been translated, and the whole project will be resumed after the translation project of Theologia Moralis by Saint Alphonsus Liguori is completed. In 2016, Kenneth Baker's translation of the first three controversies was published as Controversies of the Christian Faith. ==References==

• Extract of Book II, Chapter 30 (published online with permission) • Extract of Book IV, Chapters 6 & 7 (published online with permission). • • • • == External links ==