Describe Catholic reform and the council of trent
Extracted text: e they held, opposed this "conciliarism" vehemently, but the resulting dead- Cathofic Reform and the Council of Trent 441 intermissions) from 1546 to 1563, was the most important assembly of its kind lead in bringing on reform. He appointed a commission of high-ranking cler- oreation of the Holy Office-that is, the Roman Inquisition. Last, after securing Catholic life, which has come to be known as either the Catholic Reformation or toinvestigate church abuses; this commission's final report, published in 1536, Beginning with Pope Paul III (r. 1534-1549), the court in Rome finally took The success of Protestantism produced urgent calls for a general council; around for only a few years, and the popes who succeeded him pressed the Coun- al to reach even further in its ambition: Paul IV (r. 1555–1559) and Pius IV many of them more concerned with their personal fates than with the e novel, a vast osest it comes 3 and 4 abon sto locate an a girl whose etitive, and readers and er is man's Gargantua ks written omeone's e numer sHutten e attack. a heavy uns and mbasts drink ge. In s cod- 0,418 eCouncil of Trent was more than a response to Protestantism; efforts at reform The indbegun long before Luther appeared on the scene. Nevertheless, the Council's Plan for mitial actions offered no hint of compromise but rather highlighted the differ- ences between what it regarded as Catholic truth and Protestant lies. If anything, they asserted the Catholic position with even more force than before. The prob- lems confronting the church, the Council believed, were not with doctrine itself but with the ways in which doctrine was taught to the people. The changes most needed were therefore in leadership and organization. Paul III's successor, Pope Julius III (r. 1550–1555), devoted himself to per- 9nal pleasure-in particular, his infatuation with an illiterate, fourteen-year-old Mreet beggar named Innocenzo. Julius moved Innocenzo into the Vatican palace, warded him several wealthy benefices, appointed him the abbot of the monas- or Mont Saint-Michel, and made him a cardinal. Julius, thankfully, was dche Second Vatican Council of 1963–1965. from Although the religious revolt in northern Europe was obviously its trigger, pho- Renewal ree- rds, in ne le