The Council of Trent

The Council of Trent (Latin Concilium Tridentinum) was the 15th-century worldwide Council of the papistic Catholic church service service. It is considered to be one of the performs around important1 councils. It convened in Trent (then capital of the Prince-Bishopric of Trent, inside the Blessed papistic Empire, now in neo Italy) between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563 in twenty-five sessions for three periods. Council fathers met for the first by dint of eighth sessions in Trent (1545-1547), and for the ninth by dint of eleventh sessions in Bologna (1547) during the administer of pope Paul III. 2 Under pope Julius III, the council met in Trent (1551-1552) for the twelfth through sixteenth part sessions. Under Pope Pius IV the ordinal through twenty-fifth sessions took place in Trent (1559-1563). The council produced condemnations on what it defined as Protestant heresies and defined church teachings in the areas of discussion and impost, Original Sin, Justi fication, Sacraments, the Eucharist in holy piling and the veneration of saints. It let outd numerous cleanse decrees. 3 By specifying Catholic doctrine on salvation, the sacraments, and the Biblical layabouton, the Council was answering Protestant disputes. 1 The Council entrusted to the Pope the implementation of its work as a result, Pope Pius V issued in 1566 the roman print Catechism, in 1568 a rewrite papistic Breviary, and in 1570 a revised Roman Missal, thus initiating what since the twentieth century has been c all(prenominal)ed the Tridentine Mass (from the citys Latin name Tridentum), and Pope tender-hearted VIII issued in 1592 a revised edition of the Vulgate. 4 The Council of Trent, delayed and interrupted several(prenominal)(prenominal) propagation because of political or ghostlike disagreements, was a major reform council and the or so impressive embodiment of the ideals of the Counter-Reformation. 4 It would be all everywhere 300 years until the next Ec umenical Council. When announcing Vatican II, Pope John XXIII verbalise that the precepts of the Council of Trent continue to the modern day, a moorage that was reaffirmed by Pope Paul VI. 5The Council of TrentThe Council of Trent was an world-wide council convoked by the Church in 1545 and ran until 1563. It was convoked by Pope Paull III just go along by Popes Julius III and Pius IV. The purpose of the council was to manage the grwonig threat presented by the rising Protestant movement which was rapidly spreading all over Europe, winning believers to their side and menacing the very existence of the Catohlic Church and assent.It was convoked when the Church realized that the Reformation was a sombre threat as it involved several secular leaders whom Martin Luther had won over to his side and it was no longer a mere theological debate but had social and political implications at this institutionalise in cadence. In a way, the Council had someways succeeded in getting the Church from its medieval image and bring it into the modern times which would be followed up by subsequenct councils, the beginning and Second Vatican Councils (McNally 36). The Council addressed the issues that spurred the Protestants into action.One particular issue that the Council did address was the apparent corruption in the Church as an institution including the barter of indulgences which triggered Luthers rebellion (Mendham 317). The Council abolished several of these illegal practices and introduced or recommended disciplinary reforms providing a provision governing the conduct of the religious, particularly those belonging to monk and mendicant orders where they shall order their lives in conformity to what is prescribed by the rule which they get under ones skin professed. The result of this was it checked corruption in the Church and helped restore okay to basics policies where the religious were reminded to pertain the vows of poverty, chastity and esteem that they took upon entering the orders after years of passage of arms affected the Church leading it to be infiltrated and influenced by political figures which changed its direction and conduct to the near-loss of its credibility. In addition, it also led to but education of the clergy and the codfication of religious orders (Roman Catholic Church, school term 25 Fisher 402).But this was the only subject field the Church do. The rest were reaffirmations of other church traditions that hardly changed at all. These were considered part of Church traditions which Protestants opposed, believing that they were invented by Catholics as Protestants subscribe to sol scriptura, relying on the Bible as their source of tradition. Among them were the sacraments where Protestants found most of them unecessary until now the Church upheld it.They clarified the issue on the saints and the Blessed Virgin Mary by stating that they are only to be venerated, non worshipped, something Protestants accused Catholics, charging that this was bordering on idolatry or paganism, as well as stressing the indispensableness of good works to go with ones combine rather than relying on faith alone. They made use of the Bible in reason the practice of the sacraments, stating they were not inventions and were stated in Scripture though implicit (capital of Spain 111).Another issue that was upheld was the infalliability of the Pope. Notwithstanding the scandals that undermined the image of the papacy, the Council upheld the Popes place as the Vicar of Christ and the head of all Christendom. It can be inferred here that there was pipe down the need of a leader who could croak spiritual and secular realms, especially during this time when Reformation brought more upheavals and instability (Luebke 45, Madrid 44-53).As an epliogue, this was addressed once again in the Second Vatican Council in 1963 and the infallibility issue was determined once and for all here. In conclusion, the Counc il of Trent cannot be entirely credited in ensuring the excerption and continued existence of the Catholic faith but was rather part of the Counter-Reformation that had approximately checked the spread of Protestantism.It was able to uphold and defend the traditions the Church regard as part of professing ones faith, thereby throwing back the accusations Protestants hurled at it for being on the ravish side of faith. As a division shot, Catholic apologists in the Council of Trent and beyond, founder riposted Protestant arguments by stating (ironically) that there existence was because of the Church and had there been no Church, they never would have existed at all. Works Cited Fisher, George P.The Reformation. Bibliobazaar, 2009. Madrid, Patrick. Where Is That in Tradition? Huntington, Indiana Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2002. McNally, Robert E. , SJ. The Council of Trent, The spiritual Exercises and Catholic Reform. Church History 34. 1 (1965) 36-49. Medham, Joseph. Memoir s of the Council of Trent. London James Duncan, 1834. Roman Catholic Church. The Council of Trent. 1545. Hanover College. 14 Aug. 2010 <http//history. hanover. edu/texts/trent. html>.