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Council of Trent
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Council of Trent
The
Council of Trent
, held between 1545 and 1563 in
Trento
(Trent) and
Bologna
, northern
Italy
, was one of the
Roman Catholic Church
's most important
ecumenical councils
. Prompted by the
Protestant Reformation
, it has been described as the embodiment of the
Counter-Reformation
. Four hundred years later, when
Pope John XXIII
initiated preparations for the
Second Vatican Council
(Vatican II), he affirmed the decrees it had issued: "What was, still is."
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