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The Reformation · 1582
The Acts of the Church of Milan
Charles Borromeo · 1538–1584
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What it is
The synodal decrees, visitation records, and instructions of an archbishop applying Trent in detail — seminaries, catechism schools, confessionals, and church architecture.
Why it lasted
The model diocese of the Catholic Reformation, copied across Europe; the confessional box as a piece of furniture is largely his invention.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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