(Lat. Tridentinum). Regarded as 19th ecumenical council by RCs (see also Councils and Synods, 4). Met in 3 periods at Trent (It. Trento; Ger. Trient; ancient Tridenturn), NE It.
Sess. 110; December 13, 1545September 1547; under Paul* III; transferred to Bologna March 1547 because of plague.
Sess. 1116; May 1, 1551April 28, 1552; under Julius* III; at Trent; &Prots.; having been granted an improved safeconduct, ambassadors and theologians of several estates (Brandenburg, Württemberg, Strasbourg) attended.
Sess. 1725; January 18, 1562December 4, 1563; under Pius* IV.
Issued a number of decrees, e.g., on the canonical Scriptures (see also Apocrypha, B 4; Tradition), original sin, justification, sacraments, purgatory, indulgences.
Enacted various reforms, e.g., regarding educ. of clerics, conferring of benefices, administration of property.
See also Andrada, Diego de Paiva de; Bible Versions, J 2; Billick, Eberhard; Chemnitz, Martin; Celibacy; Counter Reformation, 12; Interim, II; Roman Catholic Church, The, B 25; Roman Catholic Confessions, A; Stabat mater; Tempus clausum; Thou, Jacques Auguste de.
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