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Historical Survey of the Council of Trent

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Nelson H. Minnich

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The introductory chapter surveys the events that led to the convocation of the Council of Trent and summarizes what was accomplished at each of its twenty-five sessions. It also recounts how its was formally approved, its decrees published, their interpretation and implementation entrusted to the Congregation of the Council, and its legislation promulgated by provincial councils. How the council has been remembered by historians and its records made available is also traced.

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Council of Trent Paul III Pius IV decrees implementation

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Information: The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent , pp. 1 - 31

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