WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
During the Council of Trent, what reforms were made?
A
Protestant believers would be excommunicated from the church and not allowed into heaven
B
The church would answer to government leaders and support the efforts of the Spanish Inquisition.
C
The Catholic Church came to an end and believers were given freedom of religion
D
Seminaries were built to train priests and religious orders like Jesuits were founded to spread the Catholic religion overseas
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Two of its most far-reaching reform provisions were the requirement that every diocese provide for the proper education of its future clergy in seminaries under church auspices and the requirement that the clergy, and especially the bishops, give more attention to the task of preaching.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Counter-Reformation largely grew as a response to the Protestant Reformation and was a movement of reform within the Roman Catholic Church.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Council of Trent marked the beginning of the period known as the Counter-Reformation. The Council of Trent inspired a movement of reform and revival within the Catholic Church.

Detailed explanation-4: -Four of these fronts of reform were: Christian humanism, spiritual renewal, the revitalization of the religious orders, and, finally, a determined group of Church leaders who wanted to bring all of the goals together under the rightful leadership of the pope.

Detailed explanation-5: -What steps did the Council of Trent take to correct the course of the Catholic Church? They affirmed the long standing belief that the pope should lead the church. The only Church to judge the meaning of the scriptures.

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