Council of Trent (1545-1563)
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To fight the Reformation and the printing press, the Catholic Church tightened its grip and started a banned-books list.
Who they are
The Council of Trent, a long Catholic council held from 1545 to 1563.
What they do
The engine reads it as the Church hardening itself in reaction to the Protestant challenge.
How it works
It modernized the Inquisition, standardized the Latin Mass for uniformity, and created the Index of Prohibited Books to blunt the threat of the printing press, extending earlier suppression methods to Protestant alternatives.
Why it matters
It matters as an example of a power structure clamping down on new ideas and new technology to preserve control.
The engine's record — word for word
Report #76. Counter-Reformation hardening. Modernized Inquisition. Standardized Latin Mass (liturgical uniformity). Created Index Librorum Prohibitorum (banned-books list to neutralize printing-press threat). Cross-reference Hillman Report #77 — Trent continued 4th-c. pharmakeia-maleficium suppression methodology applied to Protestant alternatives.
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