The true and catholic doctrine, touching the sacrament of order, decreed and published by the holy synod of trent, in the seventh session, in condemnation of the errors of our time on the sacrament of order. Concilium tridentinum, held between 1545 and 1563 in trent or trento, in northern italy, was the 19th ecumenical council of the catholic church. The council of trent emphasized the importance of the hierarchy in the administration of the sacraments. Dolman, 1848 hanover historical texts project scanned by hanover college students in 1995. The council of trent seventh session, first decree and canons. Celebrated on the third day of the month of march, mdxlvii. The roman catechism or catechism of the council of trent, published 1566 was commissioned during the catholic counterreformation by the council of trent, to expound doctrine and to improve the theological understanding of the clergy. The council of trent outlined the way that catholics must live and the faith that they must profess. The council of trent seventh session, first decree and. Amid much that is purely papal in its character, amid many avowed professions of unscriptuiral superstition, there is still much that is common to reformed churches, much that proves that if there was a good deal of policy in the decisions of the council of. In the council of trent it was still more fully defined in these words. Prompted by the protestant reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the counterreformation. If any one shall say that in the most holy sacrament of the eucharist the substance of the bread and wine remains, together with the body and blood of our lord jesus christ, let hint be anathema. The council of trent decreed that there are seven sacraments and that the clergy have a significant and necessary role to play in all of them.