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Nearly four hundred years passed before the Catholic church made any significant changes in its official sacramental teachings and practices. THis was part of the challenge that Pope John XXIII (23) asked church leaders to address at the Second Vatican Council.

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The Council of Trent: Its Impact on the Church and the Sacraments.

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The Council of Trent: Its Impact on the Church and the Sacraments.

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Two major emphases of the Council of Trent on how the sacraments would be understood and practiced, as well as the other teachings that came from the council, defined Catholicism for the next four hundred years.

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The church approves a scholastic understanding of the sacraments. 

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The church approves a scholastic understanding of the sacraments. 

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The theology of Thomas Aquinas and his successors, which was known as Scholasticism, was deemed the official Catholic interpretation of the sacraments.

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There are seven-and only seven sacraments. 

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There are seven-and only seven sacraments. 

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Council leaders declared that there were "not more nor less than" seven sacraments. Catholic devotions other than the seven sacraments-like the rosary-were termed sacramentals. Sacramentals are religious practices or holy objects used in religious practices that can be spiritually enriching but that are less central to Catholic Christian faith than seven official sacraments.

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Protestant Reformation Rap Song (1517-30) - Through Hymn [ Lyrics in the description ]

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Artist: Through Hymn (Ronald Johnson) Song: The German Reformation (1517-30) Album: On Word and Sacrament Release Date: 2011 Label: N/A (Independent) Website: http://www.throughhymn.bandcamp.com/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/throughhymn Note: You are permitted to copy and distribute this song for educational purposes, as long as the song is not altered. Video compiled by: Greis V.

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Turning Points in History - The Reformation

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A disagreement about sacraments splits the Christian church into Catholics and Protestants.

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The council participants felt the need to be exact about the church's beliefs and practices pertaining to the sacraments.

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The Council of Trent gave much of its attention to the sacraments. Over half of its doctrinal teachings dealt with the sacraments.

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The Council of Trent: The Catholic Church's Reformation 

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The Council of Trent: The Catholic Church's Reformation 

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Leaders in the Catholic Church had felt attacked by the reformers and also recognized that many of the grievances were legitimate.

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What came to be called as the Protestant Reformation started out as an attempt to reform the Christian church from within.

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Martin Luther's call for church reform had not been the first. A reform is a protest that was firmly entwined by the politics in Europe.