canons of the Council of Trent

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Catholic disciplinary decrees Catholic doctrinal decrees conciliar canons

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
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

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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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

NED2 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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ Catholic doctrinal decrees ⓘ conciliar canons ⓘ
affirms	authority of the Latin Vulgate ⓘ 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 ⓘ irreformable in their dogmatic content ⓘ
condemns	denial of infant baptism ⓘ denial of purgatory ⓘ denial of seven sacraments ⓘ sola fide ⓘ sola scriptura ⓘ
confirmedBy	papal bull Benedictus Deus (1564) ⓘ linked to: Benedictus Deus (1564 papal bull)
contains	anathemas against heresies ⓘ
defines	canon of Scripture ⓘ number of biblical books recognized by the Catholic Church ⓘ
disciplinaryFocus	clerical reform ⓘ episcopal residence requirements ⓘ regulation of benefices ⓘ seminary formation ⓘ
doctrinalFocus	Scripture and Tradition ⓘ holy orders ⓘ indulgences ⓘ justification ⓘ matrimony ⓘ original sin ⓘ purgatory ⓘ the Eucharist ⓘ linked to: Holy Eucharist the Mass ⓘ linked to: Catholic Mass the sacraments ⓘ use of images ⓘ veneration of relics ⓘ veneration of saints ⓘ
endDate	1563 ⓘ
historicalContext	Protestant Reformation ⓘ linked to: Reformation
influenceOn	Catholic Counter-Reformation ⓘ linked to: Counter-Reformation Roman Catechism ⓘ Tridentine Mass ⓘ
issuedBy	Council of Trent ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
location	Bologna ⓘ Trent ⓘ
partOf	Council of Trent ⓘ
primaryPurpose	condemn Protestant doctrines ⓘ define Catholic doctrine ⓘ reform Church discipline ⓘ
religiousTradition	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Catholic Church worldwide Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startDate	1545 ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ

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