Christian History: The Council Of Trent in full: Session 0

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Summary

  • The Pope expresses concern over the troubled state of Christendom due to ongoing wars, heresies, and political conflicts.
  • Efforts to convene an ecumenical council faced delays and challenges, including failed negotiations for peace between Christian princes.
  • The city of Trent was ultimately chosen as the site for the council to address issues affecting the Christian commonweal and promote unity.
  • A call was made for bishops and princes to attend the council, emphasizing the need for cooperation to restore peace and integrity to the Christian faith.

Introduction: BULL OF INDICTION PAUL, bishop, servant of the servants of God, for the future memory hereof. At the beginning of this our pontificate,–which, not for any merits of our own, but of its own great goodness, the providence of Almighty God hath committed unto us,–already perceiving unto what troubled times, and unto how many embarrassments in almost all our affairs, our pastoral solicitude and watchfulness were called; we would fain indeed have remedied the evils wherewith the Christian commonwealth…

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