This article examines Antonio Agustín's (1517–86) philological and historical treatise “De Emendatione Gratiani” (1587). Canon law became a key controversial issue in Catholic-Protestant confessional arguments in the sixteenth century, but its convoluted history also posed a challenge within Catholic orthodoxy itself. This essay discusses how Agustín, working to improve the text of Gratian's “Decretum” (ca. 1140), navigated between his own scholarly integrity and the requirements of Tridentine reforms. The focus on canon law uncovers rarely acknowledged connections between Renaissance philology and ecclesiastical scholarship, and opens a new perspective on the entanglement of humanism and religion, confessional conflicts, and erudition.

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语言学的局限性：安东尼奥·奥古斯丁与欧洲特里登丁教会法的文本批评

本文探讨了安东尼奥·奥古斯丁 (Antonio Agustín, 1517-86) 的语言学和历史论文《De Emendatione Gratiani》(1587)。教会法成为十六世纪天主教与新教信仰争论中的一个关键争议问题，但其复杂的历史也对天主教正统本身提出了挑战。本文讨论了奥古斯丁如何努力改进格拉提安的《法令》（约 1140 年）的文本，如何在他自己的学术诚信和特里登丁改革的要求之间找到平衡。对教会法的关注揭示了文艺复兴时期语言学与教会学术之间鲜为人知的联系，并为人文主义与宗教的纠缠、教派冲突和博学打开了新的视角。