A profession of faith based on the decrees of the Council of Trent and of previous councils was drawn up by Pius IV. (13th Nov. 1564), and its recitation made obligatory on those who were appointed to ecclesiastical benefices or who received an academic degree as well as on converts from Protestantism. The Catechism of the Council of Trent (/Catechismus Romanus/)[8] was prepared at the command of Pius V. and published in 1566. It is a valuable work of instruction, approved by the highest authority in the Church, and should be in the hands of all those who have care of souls. —————
[1] Hefner, /Die Enstehungsgeschichte des trienter
Rechtfertigungsdekrets/, 1909.
[2] Pastor, op. cit., v., Ciacconius, /Vitae et res gestae Pontificum
Roman/, 1677. (741-98).
[3] Bromato, /Storia di Paolo IV./, 1748.
[4] Kassourtz, /Die Reformvorschlage Kaiser Ferdinands I. auf dem
Konzil von Trient/, 1906.
[5] Guillemin, /Le Cardinal de Lorraine, son influence politique et
religieuse/, 1881.
[6] Denzinger, /Enchiridion/, 11th edition, 1908 (nos. 859, 903, 968,
etc.)
[7] Op. cit., nos. 958-69.
[8] English translations by Donovan (1829), Buckley (1852), and Dr. Hagan (1912).
(b) The Reforming Activity of the Popes.