Council of Trent
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Council of Trent
Introduction
• Widespread dissatisfaction with the worldliness of the church and the ignorance of clergy
• The impact of the sack of Rome (1527)
• Charles V, champion of Catholicism in Germany
• Reformers active in the Catholic clergy to 1541
• The call for a universal council of the church
The Council of Trent
• Pope Paul III Franese calls the council in 1536, but work starts only 1545 in Trent, a compromise place
• Council dominated by Mediterranean prelates and Theologians , Dominicans, Franciscans
• Meetings discuss issues in closed session, corresponding with Roman cardinals and the pope
• Papacy retains the right to be the interpreter of last resort for problems arising from Council decrees
• Deliberate intention to reject Protestant doctrines outright
A: Theology
• Justifiaction, of Grace: people had free will, and could choose to do good
• This option validated pious works, charity, humility, abstinence, corporal mortification, vows of service and contemplation, prayer etc.
• Sacraments also reaffirmed, especially the Eucharish, the real presence of God in the consecreated host
• Tradition: The Council reaffirms the validity of the church’s history, its liturgies, its sacramentals
• It declares writings of the fathers of the church to be infallible, but that the Revelation countinues to unfold
• Revelation was not all contained in Scripture
• The church’s tradition validates the cult of saints, their tombs and their relics
• Virgin Mary continues to play a huge role in Catholic spirituality
B: Disipline of the Church
• The Council reaffirms the traditional organization chart of the Church, the supremacy of the Pope
• Reaffirmation of the hierarchy: Cardinals, bishops, abbots, who retain the right to impose obedience and discipline the unruly clergy
• Council reaffirms the place of monks and nuns to mediate salvation вЂ" they carry the cross for others
• Creation of new religions
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