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A SUMMARY ON THE COUNCIL OF TRENT INTRODUCTION It is necessary we give a brief antecedent that led to the council of Trent.  Meanwhile, on March 1517, the fifth council of the Lateran came to a close with the stated reform proposal that ranges from the “selection of bishop’s reform of the church, schism of the cardinals, the problem of pragmatic sanction by which French demanded recognition of the robber council of Basel, taxation censorship to preaching. The council of Trent was called by Julius III. It took place in the palace of Lateran and lasted for five full years, ending in the year of revolt by Martin Luther. This will lead to the council of Trent. The council of Trent was convoked by Pope Paul III and it took place in Trent and Bologna between the years of 1545 and 1563. This council was basically one of the most paramount cum crucial ecumenical councils. It could be said that that the immediate cause of the calling of the council of Trent was as a result of Luther and the

Reflection for 2nd November, 2017. Wisdom 3:1-9. Psalm 23:1-6. Romans 6:3-9. John 6:37-40. The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls). Having remembered yesterday our brothers and sisters who already enjoy God's life and happiness in full in heaven, we remember today those who may still need to be purified of their sins. Those already in heaven, those still being purified and we on earth form the large Christian family. For Vatican II says: "When the Lord comes in his majesty, and all the angels with him, death will be destroyed and all things will be subject to him. Meanwhile some of his disciples are exiles on earth. Some have finished with this life and are being purified. Others are in glory, beholding clearly God himself true and one, as he is" (Lumen Gentium, no. 49). The Church therefore is composed of those in heaven, those in purgatory and those on earth. Those in heaven, all saints; those in purgatory, all souls, and those on earth, people of all