HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Protestant reformers
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German Lutherans
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Monks and nuns
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Council of Trent
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Roman Catholic council held from 1545-1553 to address challenges by Protestant Reformation. Members redefined Roman Catholic doctrine and theology in ways that endured through much of the twentieth century. This council was a central foundation of the Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reformation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pope Paul III, who convoked the Council, oversaw the first eight sessions (1545–47), while the twelfth to sixteenth sessions (1551–52) were overseen by Pope Julius III and the seventeenth to twenty-fifth sessions (1562–63) by Pope Pius IV.
Detailed explanation-3: -The fourth pope during the period of the Protestant Reformation, Paul III became the first to take active reform measures in response to Protestantism.
Detailed explanation-4: -Protestant Reformation began in 1517 with Martin Luther The reformers were not initially called Protestants, but the term later was applied to all groups opposed to the orthodoxy of the Catholic Church.