The Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent, now 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 embodiment of the... Wikipedia
Accepted by: Catholic Church
Documents and statements: Seventeen dogmatic decrees covering then-disputed aspects of Catholic religion
President: Paul III; Julius III; Pius IV
Previous council: Fifth Council of the Lateran (1512–1517)
Topics: Protestantism; Counter-Reformation
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