Council of Trent

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16th-century council Catholic Church council Counter-Reformation council ecumenical council

The Council of Trent was a major 16th-century ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that defined key doctrines and launched the Counter-Reformation in response to Protestantism.

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Observed surface forms (16)

Surface form	Occurrences
Catholic Counter-Reformation	1
Convocation of the Council of Trent	1
Council of Trent (1545–1563)	1
Council of Trent (historical Latinization influence)	1
Council of Trent (implementation phase)	1
Council of Trent (indirectly, via Tridentine codification)	1
Council of Trent (second period)	1
Council of Trent (through communion with Rome)	1
Council of Trent canon decisions (indirectly, via debates on canon)	1
Council of Trent decrees	1
Council of Trent implementation in Spanish realms	1
Council of Trent period	1
Counter-Reformation	1
Tridentine Council	1
decrees of the Council of Trent	1
reconvened Council of Trent	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	16th-century council ⓘ Catholic Church council ⓘ Counter-Reformation council ⓘ ecumenical council ⓘ
affirmed	biblical canon of the Catholic Church ⓘ deuterocanonical books ⓘ seven sacraments ⓘ transubstantiation ⓘ
aimedAt	reform of Catholic Church ⓘ response to Protestant Reformation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Council of Trent ⓘ surface form: Tridentine Council
attendedBy	Catholic bishops ⓘ religious superiors ⓘ theologians ⓘ
convenedBy	Pope Julius III ⓘ Pope Paul III ⓘ Pope Pius IV ⓘ
countryAtTime	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
definedDoctrineOn	Holy Eucharist ⓘ surface form: Eucharist Mass as sacrifice ⓘ Holy Tradition ⓘ surface form: Scripture and Tradition holy orders ⓘ indulgences ⓘ justification ⓘ marriage ⓘ original sin ⓘ purgatory ⓘ sacraments ⓘ veneration of relics ⓘ veneration of saints ⓘ
endDate	1563-12-04 ⓘ
hasPart	first period of the Council of Trent ⓘ second period of the Council of Trent ⓘ third period of the Council of Trent ⓘ
heldIn	Tridentine Cathedral ⓘ
historicalEra	Early Modern period ⓘ
issued	anathemas ⓘ canons ⓘ decrees ⓘ
location	Italy ⓘ Trent ⓘ Trento ⓘ
partOf	Council of Trent self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Counter-Reformation
presidedOverBy	papal legates ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Latin ⓘ
rejected	Protestant doctrines on justification ⓘ sola fide ⓘ sola scriptura ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
resultedIn	Roman Catechism ⓘ Roman Catechism ⓘ surface form: Tridentine Creed Tridentine Mass ⓘ reform of clerical discipline ⓘ reform of episcopal residence ⓘ reform of seminaries ⓘ standardization of liturgy ⓘ
significance	major turning point in Catholic doctrine and discipline ⓘ
startDate	1545-12-13 ⓘ

Referenced by (66)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Catholicism → acceptsCouncil → Council of Trent ⓘ

Original sin → affirmedByCouncil → Council of Trent ⓘ

Council of Trent → alsoKnownAs → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tridentine Council

Roman Catechism → approvedBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

Last Gospel → associatedCouncil → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Trent (indirectly, via Tridentine codification)

Usus antiquior → associatedCouncil → Council of Trent ⓘ

Vetus Ordo → associatedWithCouncil → Council of Trent ⓘ

Usus antiquior → codifiedAfter → Council of Trent ⓘ

Extreme Unction → codifiedIn → Council of Trent ⓘ

Roman Catechism → commissionedBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

Roman Catechism → commissionedDuring → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Trent period

Giovanni Angelo Medici → concluded → Council of Trent ⓘ

Bulla Benedictus Deus (1564) confirming the Council of Trent → confirmed → Council of Trent ⓘ

subject surface form: Bulla Benedictus Deus (1564)

Confirmation of the decrees of the Council of Trent → confirmed → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: decrees of the Council of Trent

Pope Julius III → convoked → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Trent (second period)

Pope Paul III → convoked → Council of Trent ⓘ

Tridentine Cathedral → councilHosted → Council of Trent ⓘ

Giovanni Angelo → councilPresidedOver → Council of Trent ⓘ

Roman Catechism → councilSessionContext → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Trent (1545–1563)

Vulgate → declaredAuthenticBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

Transubstantiation → definedByCouncil → Council of Trent ⓘ

Roman Catholic biblical canon → dogmaticallyDefinedByCouncil → Council of Trent ⓘ

Mass of St. Pius V → followsCouncil → Council of Trent ⓘ

Western Christianity → hasHistoricalEvent → Council of Trent ⓘ

Catholic Monarchy → hasKeyEvent → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Trent implementation in Spanish realms

Reformation → hasKeyEvent → Council of Trent ⓘ

Trento → historicalEventLocation → Council of Trent ⓘ

Diocese of Trento → hosted → Council of Trent ⓘ

Second Council of Orange → influenced → Council of Trent ⓘ

1917 Code of Canon Law → influencedBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Trent decrees

Apocrypha (in early editions) → influencedBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Trent canon decisions (indirectly, via debates on canon)

Pope Paul III → initiated → Council of Trent ⓘ

Counter-Reformation → keyEvent → Council of Trent ⓘ

Trento → knownFor → Council of Trent ⓘ

Sacred Congregation of the Council → namedAfter → Council of Trent ⓘ

Seven Sacraments in Catholic theology → normativeSource → Council of Trent ⓘ

Diego Laínez → notableEvent → Council of Trent ⓘ

Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte → notableEvent → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: reconvened Council of Trent

Pope Paul III → notableWork → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convocation of the Council of Trent

Council of Trent → partOf → Council of Trent self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Counter-Reformation

Saint Charles Borromeo → participatedIn → Council of Trent ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Borromeo

this entity surface form: Council of Trent (implementation phase)

Giovanni Angelo Medici → participatedIn → Council of Trent ⓘ

Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte → participatedIn → Council of Trent ⓘ

Pope Julius III → participatedIn → Council of Trent ⓘ

Pope Marcellus II → participatedIn → Council of Trent ⓘ

First Vatican Council → precededBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

Confirmation → recognizedBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

Penance → recognizedBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

Sacrament of Confirmation → recognizedBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church → recognizedBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Trent (historical Latinization influence)