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The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent (or Trento), now in northern Italy, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Prompted by the Protestant Reformation at the time, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation .
Examination of the Council of Trent has been translated into English by Fred Kramer and published by Concordia Publishing House, 1971–86. Diogo de Payva de Andrada, a delegate at the Council of Trent, replied to Chemnitz's Examen with what is regarded as his best work: A Defence of the Faith of Trent, published in 1578.
The Council of Trent was held in several sessions from 1545 to 1563. The council was convoked to help the church respond to the challenge posed by the Protestant Reformation, which had begun with Martin Luther decades earlier. The council played a large part in the revitalization of the Roman Catholic Church throughout Europe. [1]
A session of the Council of Trent, from an engraving. Pope Paul III (1534–1549) is considered the first pope of the Counter-Reformation, [1] and he also initiated the Council of Trent (1545–1563), tasked with institutional reform, addressing contentious issues such as corrupt bishops and priests, the sale of indulgences, and other financial ...
Title page of a 1592 edition of the Roman Catechism. The Roman Catechism or Catechism of the Council of Trent is a compendium of Catholic doctrine commissioned during the Counter-Reformation by the Council of Trent, to expound doctrine and to improve the theological understanding of the clergy.
The Council of Trent met in a series of sessions from December 1545 to 1548, 1521 to 1522, and 1562 to 1563. [ note 48 ] [ 296 ] The topics dealt with included the Creed, the Sacraments including transubstantiation and ordination, [ 297 ] justification, and improvement in the quality of priests by diocesan seminaries and annual canonical ...
This teaching was reaffirmed at the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and at the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). [ 7 ] Although it is uncertain what role the Ten Commandments played in early Christian worship, evidence suggests they were recited during some services and used in Christian education. [ 10 ]
The development of the theological censures after the council of Trent (1563–1709). Studia Friburgensia. Vol. 10 (n.s.). Fribourg, Switzerland: University Press. Cartechini, Sixtus (1951). De valore notarum theologicarum et de criteriis ad eas dignoscendas [On the Value of Theological Notes and the Criteria for Discerning Them]. Rome ...