Council of Trent Procedural System

Type Object Region Italy Time 1545–1563

The full set of deliberative, voting, and canonical review procedures formed at the Council of Trent (1545–1563) was the core institutional framework…

Timeline

1545–1547Trent · Trentino-Alto AdigeIn 1545 Pope Paul III convened the council at Trent, establishing rules of procedure combining episcopal attendance, committee debate, and plenary voting, and setting the order of review for core issues such as original sin and the sacraments.
1547–1550Trent · Trentino-Alto AdigeThe council's second session resumed at Trent, forming a standard process of preparatory reports by theologians, debate by bishops, and article-by-article voting on draft decrees, creating an enforceable review mechanism for issues such as sacramental validity and the institution of holy orders.

Sources

Council of Trent https://www.britannica.com/event/Council-of-Trent
The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent — H. J. Schroeder (1941)