Exercises on the Council of Trent

The so-called Council of Trent, which took place between the 1540s and 1560s, had as its main objective to reaffirm Catholic dogmas. This objective came from a need within the Catholic Church, which resulted from the impact exerted:

a) for Pelagianism

b) by the French Revolution

c) for the Russian Revolution

d) by the Protestant Reformations

e) by the Society of Jesus

One ​​of the resolutions of the Council of Trent aimed at standardizing the rite of the mass. Mark the alternative that marks a characteristic of the Mass defined by the Council of Trent:

a) the liturgy abandoned all symbols and images, from the tabernacle to the use of cassocks by priests.

b) the lay faithful could also administer the sacraments during the Mass.

c) the entire liturgy should be said in Latin.

d) the priest should say Mass with his back to the tabernacle and facing the faithful audience.

e) the ritual of communion with the consecrated host was abolished.

(Cesgranrio) In the context of the various religious conflicts that erupted in Europe throughout the 16th century, we identify the convening by the Catholic Church, from 1545 onwards, of the Council of Trent. Among its determinations, we correctly highlight (a):

a) recognition of the political and theological authority of the Anglican Church vis-a-vis the papacy, ending the conflicts provoked in England due to the fight of Henry VIII against the Vatican.

b) end of regular clergy as a solution to contain abuses committed by the Church, such as the sale of indulgences and sacraments.

c) officialization of the Calvinist doctrine that admitted commercial profit as a divine gift and no longer as a usurious sin, as a new Catholic dogma.
d) submission of the Catholic Church to the Imperial States and the validity of the free interpretation of the Bible.
e) reaffirmation of the Catholic ecclesiastical hierarchy and the reactivation of the tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition.

From a dogmatic and theological point of view, one of the positions that the Catholic Church reaffirmed through the Council of Trent was:

a) the rejection of the idea of ​​the Trinity, between Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

b) the need for the sacraments of confession and examination of conscience for the attainment of sanctifying grace.

c) the permission of divergent understandings of Catholic dogmas, known under the name of heresies.

d) the unrestricted permission of the practice of selling indulgences.

e) the admission of women to high clerical positions, including that of popess.

Letter D

The Council of Trent took place about thirty years after the outbreak of the reform movement by the Augustinian monk Martin Luther. The Protestant Reformations, during the 16th century, led Europe to incessant outbreaks of civil war. In the midst of political chaos, the Catholic Church had to organize a Council to decide which path to take from then on. This Council was convened in the city of Trent between the 1540s and 1560s. This delay occurred mainly because the meeting had to be interrupted more than once due to religious civil wars.

Letter C

One ​​of the resolutions of the Council of Trent regarding the celebration of the Holy Mass referred precisely to the preservation of Latin as a liturgical language, given that this was the language that gave unity to the Christian world during the Middle Ages .

Letter E

The Church hierarchy was maintained with the Council of Trent, which ensured that the Catholic Church remained structured as an institution with both spiritual and secular power. The Tribunal do Santo Oficio, or Holy Inquisition, was reconfigured in the 16th century and had a strong presence especially in the Iberian Peninsula.

Letter B

Confession, supported by an examination of conscience, was one of the sacraments reaffirmed by the Catholic Church through the Council of Trent. Confession had, above all, the function of establishing a mediation between the believer and a cleric, who could also be his spiritual director.