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.

Unction of the Sick → recognizedBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

Vulgate → recognizedBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

Chaldean Catholic Church → recognizesCouncil → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Trent (through communion with Rome)

Roman Catholicism → recognizesCouncil → Council of Trent ⓘ

Giovanni Angelo Medici → reconvened → Council of Trent ⓘ

Carmelite Rite → reformedAfter → Council of Trent ⓘ

Tridentine Profession of Faith → relatedTo → Council of Trent ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Bulla Benedictus Deus (1564)

Mysterium fidei → relatedToCouncil → Council of Trent ⓘ

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

Quo primum → relatedToEvent → Council of Trent ⓘ

Eighty Years' War → religiousContext → Council of Trent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catholic Counter-Reformation

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

Roman Breviary → standardizedBy → Council of Trent ⓘ

Ambrosian Rite → survivedReformsOf → Council of Trent ⓘ

Ecclesiastical Latin → usedInCouncilDocuments → Council of Trent ⓘ