On this day in 1545 the Council of Trent convened. It was the response by the Roman Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation sparked in 1517 by Martin Luther that had gained widespread popularity by 1545. It was a significant council that shaped the Roman Catholic Church of modern times.
The Council of Trent is the Nineteenth Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It was convened three times between December 13, 1545 and December 4, 1563 in the city of Trent (modern Trento, Italy) as a response to the theological and ecclesiological challenges of the Protestant Reformation. It is considered one of the most important councils in the history of the Catholic Church, clearly specifying Catholic doctrines on salvation, the sacraments, the Biblical canon and standardizing the Mass throughout the church, largely by abolishing local variations. This became known as the "Tridentine Mass
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