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1545
Anno Domini

Ecumenical Council

Council of Trent

December 1545 – December 1563 Trent (northern Italy) Convoked by: Pope Paul III 255 bishops
Ecumenical Council — Universally Recognised
Section I

The Crisis that summoned Council of Trent

The apologetic argument: The Catholic response to the Reformation. Definitively defined: justification by grace through faith and works; the seven sacraments; transubstantiation; the deuterocanonical books; the Vulgate as authentic scripture; Tradition as co-equal with Scripture. Reformed clerical education and discipline.
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The Seven Ecumenical Councils

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