WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Pope Paul III called this meeting of officials within the Catholic Church to make reforms.
A
Council of Trent
B
Council of Catholics
C
Fellowship at Rivendell
D
Diet of Worms
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Council of Trent (1545-1563) was a meeting of Catholic clerics convened by Pope Paul III (served 1534-1549) in response to the Protestant Reformation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Council of Trent was the formal Roman Catholic reply to the doctrinal challenges of the Protestant Reformation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Patronage of the arts. As a patron of the arts, Pope Paul restored the University of Rome, increased the subsidies and importance of the Vatican Library, and showed favour to theologians and canonists but did not neglect the fine arts.

Detailed explanation-4: -The council was ordered by the Emperor and Pope Paul III to convene in Mantua on 23 May 1537.

Detailed explanation-5: -Paul III (1468–1549) Pope (1534–49), b. Alessandro Farnese. As pope, he largely initiated the Counter-Reformation. Paul sponsored reform, established the Jesuits (1540) and summoned the Council of Trent (1545).

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