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Council of Trent (1545-1563)

Council of Trent (1545-1563). Most important council between Council of Nicea (325) and the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) Attempts to distinguish between “Official teaching of the church” and “private opinions” Equal validity of Scripture and Tradition as sources of Religious Truth

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Council of Trent (1545-1563)

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  1. Council of Trent (1545-1563) • Most important council between Council of Nicea (325) and the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) • Attempts to distinguish between “Official teaching of the church” and “private opinions” • Equal validity of Scripture and Tradition as sources of Religious Truth • Guidelines for bishops and clergy

  2. Council of Trent • The sole right of the Church to Interpret the Bible • Authority of the Vulgate (trans. revised) • The theology of seven sacraments with special attention to baptism and confirmation • Transubstantiation was affirmed • Practice of Communion in one kind

  3. The Jesuits • Society of Jesus - founded in 1534 (Papal Order in 1540) • Founded by Spanish nobleman, Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) • Spiritual Excercises: Designed to carry an inquirer through four intensive stages of spiritual pilgrimage (examination of conscience, meditation, contemplation, and prayer).

  4. Mysticism • Concerned with immediate union with God and the spiritual dimension of life • Eastern and Western patterns of mysticism • In Western mysticism God transcends reality, God is distinct from creation • Modern mystic, Thomas Merton, combines both patterns

  5. Theresa of Avila (1515-82) • Renewal of Carmelite houses • Influential spiritual works such as “The Way of Perfection” • Spiritual marriage with God and a vision of Christ • Points to the existence of states of prayer from discursive meditation to ecstasy

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