HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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by creating the University of Bologna, where Jesuit monks taught a classical curriculum
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by holding the Westminster Assembly, where Anglican clergy composed a faith statement
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by convening the Council of Trent, where Catholic officials clarified religious doctrine
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Index Librorum Prohibitorum (“Index of Forbidden Books”) was established by the Roman Catholic Church in 1559 in an attempt to combat the spread of some of the writings of the Protestant Reformation.
Detailed explanation-2: -As part of its attempt to stem Protestantism, the Catholic Church banned books that might lead Catholics to question dogma. Works by Luther and Galileo were both forbidden. The Church also commissioned artists and set strict rules for artists to follow.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Council of Trent Reformers believed strongly in the educational and inspirational power of visual art, and promoted a number of guidelines to be followed in the production of religious paintings and sculpture. These formed the basis for what became known as Catholic Counter-Reformation Art.
Detailed explanation-4: -Protestants decisively broke from the Catholic Church in the 1520s. The two distinct dogmatic positions within the Catholic Church solidified in the 1560s. The Catholic Reformation became known as the Counter-Reformation, defined as a reaction to Protestantism rather than as a reform movement.