established the Council of Trent to help them with reforming the Church. They also reaffirmed the Catholic beliefs‚ and attempted to check the growth of Protestantism with the use of the Roman Inquisition. A key component of the reformation of the Roman Catholic Church included The Council of Trent which implemented many duties contributing to the purposes that it had existed for. The Council addressed the mistakes of the Church‚ and attempted to fix them. The Council of Trent required the Bishops
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Bibliography: Plass‚ Ewald M. What Luther Says. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House‚ 1959. Martin‚ Chemnitz. Examination of the Council of Trent. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House‚ 1999. Robert‚ Kolb. THe Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Minneapolis: Fortress Press‚ 2000. Leith‚ John H. Creeds of the Churches. Louisville‚KY: John Knox Press‚ 1982
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Did the Counter-Reformation create a new and distinctive kind of spirituality? The Counter-Reformation‚ or Catholic Reformation as it is often referred to had ushered in an era of Catholic resistance to the Protestant Reformation. The Counter-Reformation can be defined by the various religious orders which sprang up during this Catholic resurgence and the approach in which they took in regards to responding the various social‚ artistic and political changes brought about by the Protestant Reformation
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Europe‚ but also the entire world. The first thing the church worked on reforming was it’s doctrines‚ or beliefs they held and preached. In order to come up with a unified decision‚ Pope Paul III called together a council of church leaders to a meeting‚ known as the Council of Trent. From 1545 to 1563‚ church leaders came up with a mutual decision‚ agreeing on a few doctrines. The first was that the church had sole right to interpret the bible‚ and it’s interpretation would be final - anyone who
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illiterate and some abused their powers for absolution of sins To reform the structure of Catholic church Pope Paul III had established the Council of Trent which consisted of Catholic cardinals who were responsible for handling the reforms of the Catholic Church. The Council of Trent is considered to be one of the Catholic Church’s most important councils. The Council had 25 sessions from 1545-1563 that would address the issues of the Catholic church. The result of these 25 sessions were the validation
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Counter Reformation was sparked with the Council of Trent. The Council of Trent consisted of religious authority figures and scholars. Some members of the council wished for moderate reform and others desired to focus on tradition doctrine; the latter won. Because of this‚ the Pope is recognized as the most supreme individual‚ churches were to interpret scripture‚ and confidence in the Catholic religion was partially restored. All in all‚ the Council of Trent reaffirmed the traditional Catholic teachings
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himself‚ did not have the power to remit guilt. However‚ Council of Trent asserted that God had bestowed power to the pope to grant indulgence that could remit guilt since church was God’s representative in the earth. Another dissimilarity was in the definition of priesthood. In accordance to the Scripture‚ Zwingli claimed that all people could be regarded as priests if and only if they had demonstrated the word of God. However‚ Council of Trent disagreed with Zwingli’s definition of priests. According
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Protestantism founded by Martin Luther‚ who broke out of the Catholic Church system. This cause the Catholic Church to set and strengthen their position to face the rise of the protestant. This defense of the Church was organized by the Council of Trent. In fact‚ the Council of Trent created The Counter-Reformation which brought the idea that the power of Mannerism painting and religious
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Renaissance Polyphony: The Foundation of Modern Western Music Renaissance Polyphony: The Foundation of Modern Western Music The music of the Renaissance was essentially the beginning of all modern musical thought- the first to truly integrate various forms of harmony with definite structure. The music provided rapid and significant advancements in harmony within western music‚ evolving from the parallel lines of Ars Nova and culminating in the base ingredients for tonality and monodic chord
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accepted in the literal sense. The oppositions and the divisions in the church lead the church into forming an Ecumenical council in Trent and the Vatican Council of 1962 where Episcopal powers aimed to defend and reinforce the belief in Real Presence. The Eucharist as the Real Presence of Christ can be seen through the Eucharistic dogma provided by the the Council of Trent‚ Vatican II. Certain excerpts from scripture can be used to display the consistency of belief in the Eucharist as the literal
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