Deadly Trent
Although they were willing to discuss the issues, they could still not attend because they feared that the council would do to them what had been done to hus in Constance. If the council is only there to deny heresies, and the Zurichers are branded as heretics from the outset, it is just too dangerous to go there.
Herman Selderhuis, "The Protestant Image of the Council of Trent," in Learning from the Past: Essays on Reception, Catholicity and Dialogue in Honour of Anthony N. S. Lane, eds. Jon Balserak and Richard Snoddy (New York, NY: T&T Clark, 2015), 82
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