title: the counter/catholic-reformation lo: what was the council of trent? what happened there?
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Title: The Counter/Catholic-Reformation LO: What was the Council of Trent? What happened there?. What is the Counter-Reformation?. Long before Luther started the Reformation many Catholics had been calling for change in the Church. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Title: The Counter/Catholic-
Reformation
LO: What was the Council of Trent?
What happened there?
What is the Counter-Reformation?
• Long before Luther started the Reformation many Catholics had been calling for change in the Church.
• Many also wanted spiritual reform to help bring people closer to God.
• The Protestant reformation forced the Church to address these problems.
• This is referred to as the ‘Counter-Reformation’.
The Council of Trent
Scotland: Calvinist
England: Anglicanism
Sweden/ Germany: Lutheran
Italy/France/Spain: RC
What was the council of Trent?
• I’m excited to find out, as I’m sure each and every single one of you are.
• Open your books up to p. 25 and answer questions 1-6 in your books!
• Answers need to be in full sentences!!
What was the Council of Trent?
• Called by Paul III (r. 1534-1549) who realized the that a Catholic Reform was needed.
• He called a ‘general council’ of the Church to clearly state Catholic Teachings, and renew the Church spiritually and practically.
• Especially directed to those who had been challenged by the Protestant Reformers.
What was the Council of Trent?
• Takes its name from the city of Trent (Trentino) in Northern Italy.
• Close to the German lands where many of the Protestants were.
• Lasted 18 years, over 3 sessions: first period: 1545-1548 second period: 1551-1552 third period: 1562-1563
• It was interrupted by politics, wars and plague.
Trent Decisions: Doctrine
• Human nature is not totally depraved.
• Justification comes through faith, hope and charity (love) which includes good works.
• Scripture and Tradition are an expression of God’s Revelation.
• Traditional 7 Sacraments were upheld.
• Doctrine of transubstantiation is upheld. (Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist)
• The Mass is a sacrifice. Presided over by a Priest.
• The position of the Pope as the successor of St Peter and the Vicar of Christ was affirmed.
System where one person controlled a number of parishes
Trent Decisions: Church Discipline
• A seminary for the education of priests was to be set up in each diocese.
• Decrees were passed against pluralism and absenteeism by clergy and religious.
• Indulgence selling was abolished.
Bishops held ‘titles’ to dioceses they never visited but received
taxes from them.
After Trent• A Roman Catechism was written to
help priests educate the laity. (1566)• The Roman Missal (1570) set out a
reformed and uniform order of the Mass throughout the Catholic world.
• The infamous Inquisition was established.
The Inquisition• Had been first formed in
the 13th century, for trying those accused of heresy. It had virtually fallen into disuse.
• In 1542 it was revived to suppress heresy, particularly in Italy and Spain.
• Torture was often used to extract confessions and those condemned of heresy were often handed over to the State to be burned.