Event
The Council of Trent
The general council of the Catholic Church that met at Trent between 1547 and 1563 and answered the Protestant churches.
- Dates
- 1547–1563
- Also known as
- Council of Trent
The Catholic Church met at Trento. Its decree on indulgences is Decree concerning Indulgences (Council of Trent).
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involved
- Catholic Church its general council; set out Catholic teaching and condemned the Protestant teaching on the chief points Scholarship & press 1
includes
- Decree concerning Indulgences (Council of Trent) 4 Dec 1563 Primary record 2
located in
Timeline 2 dates
- 1547–1563 The Council of Trent
- 4 Dec 1563 Decree concerning Indulgences (Council of Trent) part of The Council of Trent
Proof 2 sources
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The General Mobilization of the Catholic Church: The Council of Trent (1547-63), editors' introduction, German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington).
Scholarship & press
the bishops who convened in Trent highlighted Catholic teaching and condemned Protestant teaching on the chief points at issue
In December 1546, Pope Paul III called a General Council to Trent, where it met sporadically between 1547 and 1563.
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Council of Trent, Twenty-Fifth Session: Decree concerning Indulgences, 4 December 1563, translated by J. Waterworth (1848), Hanover College Historical Texts Project, 4 Dec 1563.
Primary record
The canons and decrees of the sacred and oecumenical Council of Trent
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