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Closing of the Council of Trent

Type Event Region Italy Time 1545–1563

The Council of Trent, opened in 1545, formally closed on 4 December 1563 after multiple interruptions, issuing systematic decrees on doctrine, sacram…

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  1. 1563Trent · Trentino-Alto AdigeUnder the impetus of Pope Pius IV, the attending bishops held the twenty-fifth general congregation at Trent, completing final deliberation and voting on the sacraments, canon law, and curial discipline, laying the procedural groundwork for the council's formal closure.
  2. 1563–1564Trent · Trentino-Alto AdigeAround the council's closing, the participants confirmed and published the decrees of Trent covering original sin, the sacraments, the Mass, holy orders, and disciplinary canons, requiring local churches to revise their liturgy, canon law, and clerical education accordingly.
  3. 1563–1565Italian Peninsula · ItalyAfter the formal closing of the Council of Trent, the Catholic world entered an implementation phase based on the Tridentine canons, with provincial councils, seminaries, and diocesan disciplinary reforms unfolding in succession, giving the Counter-Reformation an institutional framework.

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