Council of Trent
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The Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent, in Northern Italy, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation at the time, it has been de
Council of Trent, painting in the Museo del Palazzo del Buonconsiglio, Trento
Pope Paul III, convener of the Council of Trent, portrait by Titian (1543)
The Council of Trent, depicted by Pasquale Cati in 1588
Chemnitz, a Lutheran
Catholic ecumenical councils
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According to the Catholic Church, a Church Council is ecumenical if it is "a solemn congregation of the Catholic bishops of the world at the invitation of the Pope to decide on matters of the Church w
Council of Trent
…The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent (or Trento), in Northern Italy, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation at the time, it has been described as the "most impressive embodiment of the ideals of…
A session of the Council of Trent, from an engraving
Early manuscript illustration of I Constantinople Homilies of Gregory Nazianzus, Bibliothèque nationale de France (879-882)
Pope Innocent II
Bishops debating with the pope at the Council of Constance