This gathering commissioned a revised catechism written by St. Carlo Borromeo.
This gathering commissioned a revised catechism written by St. Carlo Borromeo. It defined ordination as imparting a sacramental mark on a person's soul, and its twenty-second session affirmed that the Mass was a representation, not a repetition, of Christ's sacrifice. This council fixed the number of sacraments at seven, established a distinction between fides nuda and fides caritate formata, and was reassembled by Marcellus II after being moved to Bologna. First convoked by Paul III, it appointed a commission to develop an index of prohibited books, and condemned Luther's doctrine of justification by faith. For 10 points, name this ecumenical council held in three periods between 1545 and 1563, which sparked the Counter-Reformation, and took place in a city in Northern Italy.
This gathering commissioned a revised catechism written by St. Carlo Borromeo.
Council of {Trent}