Autor: O Malley John W. O Malley

Winner of the John Gilmary Shea Prize The Council of Trent (1545-1563), the Catholic Church’s attempt to put its house in order in response to the Protestant Reformation, has long been praised and bl …

In 1869, some seven hundred Catholic bishops traveled to Rome to participate in the first church-wide council in three hundred years. The French Revolution had shaken the foundations of the church. P …