canons of the Council of Trent
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The canons of the Council of Trent are a series of doctrinal and disciplinary decrees issued by the 16th-century Catholic ecumenical council that definitively articulated Catholic teaching in response to the Protestant Reformation.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Council of Trent decrees | 2 |
| Council of Trent Decree on Purgatory | 1 |
| Documents of the Council of Trent | 1 |
| canons of the Council of Trent canonical | 1 |
| decrees of the Council of Trent | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3988472 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: canons of the Council of Trent Context triple: [Confirmation of the decrees of the Council of Trent, confirmed, canons of the Council of Trent]
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Confirmation of the decrees of the Council of Trent
Confirmation of the decrees of the Council of Trent is the papal bull by which Pope Pius IV officially ratified and promulgated the doctrinal and disciplinary decisions of the Council of Trent, solidifying the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
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B.
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent was a major 16th-century ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that defined key doctrines and launched the Counter-Reformation in response to Protestantism.
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C.
Tridentine Profession of Faith
The Tridentine Profession of Faith is a formal Catholic creed formulated after the Council of Trent that clearly defines and reaffirms key doctrines in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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D.
Sacra Tridentina Synodus
Sacra Tridentina Synodus is a 1905 decree of Pope Pius X that encouraged and regulated frequent, even daily, reception of Holy Communion in the Catholic Church.
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E.
Pascendi dominici gregis
Pascendi dominici gregis is a 1907 encyclical by Pope Pius X that condemns Modernism as a synthesis of all heresies and outlines measures to combat its influence within the Catholic Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: canons of the Council of Trent Target entity description: The canons of the Council of Trent are a series of doctrinal and disciplinary decrees issued by the 16th-century Catholic ecumenical council that definitively articulated Catholic teaching in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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A.
Confirmation of the decrees of the Council of Trent
Confirmation of the decrees of the Council of Trent is the papal bull by which Pope Pius IV officially ratified and promulgated the doctrinal and disciplinary decisions of the Council of Trent, solidifying the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
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B.
Council of Trent
The Council of Trent was a major 16th-century ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church that defined key doctrines and launched the Counter-Reformation in response to Protestantism.
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C.
Tridentine Profession of Faith
The Tridentine Profession of Faith is a formal Catholic creed formulated after the Council of Trent that clearly defines and reaffirms key doctrines in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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D.
Sacra Tridentina Synodus
Sacra Tridentina Synodus is a 1905 decree of Pope Pius X that encouraged and regulated frequent, even daily, reception of Holy Communion in the Catholic Church.
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E.
Pascendi dominici gregis
Pascendi dominici gregis is a 1907 encyclical by Pope Pius X that condemns Modernism as a synthesis of all heresies and outlines measures to combat its influence within the Catholic Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic disciplinary decrees
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Catholic doctrinal decrees ⓘ conciliar canons ⓘ |
| affirms |
authority of the Latin Vulgate
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episcopal hierarchy ⓘ equality of Scripture and unwritten Tradition as sources of revelation ⓘ necessity of the sacraments for salvation ⓘ sacrificial character of the Mass ⓘ transubstantiation ⓘ |
| approvedBy | Pope Pius IV ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
authoritative for Catholic doctrine
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irreformable in their dogmatic content ⓘ |
| condemns |
denial of infant baptism
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denial of purgatory ⓘ denial of seven sacraments ⓘ sola fide ⓘ sola scriptura ⓘ |
| confirmedBy |
Benedictus Deus (1564 papal bull)
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surface form:
papal bull Benedictus Deus (1564)
|
| contains | anathemas against heresies ⓘ |
| defines |
canon of Scripture
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number of biblical books recognized by the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| disciplinaryFocus |
clerical reform
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episcopal residence requirements ⓘ regulation of benefices ⓘ seminary formation ⓘ |
| doctrinalFocus |
Scripture and Tradition
ⓘ
holy orders ⓘ indulgences ⓘ justification ⓘ matrimony ⓘ original sin ⓘ purgatory ⓘ Holy Eucharist ⓘ
surface form:
the Eucharist
Catholic Mass ⓘ
surface form:
the Mass
the sacraments ⓘ use of images ⓘ veneration of relics ⓘ veneration of saints ⓘ |
| endDate | 1563 ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Reformation
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surface form:
Protestant Reformation
|
| influenceOn |
Counter-Reformation
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surface form:
Catholic Counter-Reformation
Roman Catechism ⓘ Tridentine Mass ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Council of Trent ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| location |
Bologna
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Trent ⓘ |
| partOf | Council of Trent ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
condemn Protestant doctrines
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define Catholic doctrine ⓘ reform Church discipline ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Catholic Church worldwide
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surface form:
Catholic Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| startDate | 1545 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Confirmation of the decrees of the Council of Trent
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concernsCouncil
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canons of the Council of Trent
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this entity surface form:
Council of Trent decrees
this entity surface form:
Documents of the Council of Trent
this entity surface form:
Council of Trent decrees
this entity surface form:
Council of Trent Decree on Purgatory
this entity surface form:
decrees of the Council of Trent