Council of Trent
Britishnoun
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Which Roman Catholic teachings that Martin Luther challenged were later affirmed at the Council of Trent?
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
He invents with such empathy that the closest thing to an unmitigated villain is Pius IV, the new Nero presiding over the conflagration lit by the Council of Trent.
From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2016
He was excommunicated, and the practice of buying and selling indulgences has been illegal since 1562 Council of Trent, but the granting of them has continued.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2013
The Council of Trent, which had been convened in response to the threat posed by Protestantism, had ended only two years previously and the counter-Reformation, with its purgative restatement of Catholic first principles, was underway.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013
Canons of the Council of Trent concerning Marriage.
From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by Hogan, William
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