What was a primary goal of the Catholic leaders who met at the Council of Trent?

To fund the translation of the Bible into many new languages for all to read.

To choose a new pope who would be more accepting of Protestant ideas.

To clarify Catholic beliefs and respond to the Protestant movement.

To form military alliances with the newly formed Protestant kingdoms.

Besides reaffirming doctrines, what was one way the Council of Trent tried to reform the Catholic Church from within?

By selling indulgences to fund new churches.

By improving the training of priests.

By closing all convents and monasteries in Spain.

By adopting the Protestant idea that the Bible is the only source of truth.

To strengthen its own authority.

To decrease the power of European kings.

To encourage the creation of new religious sects.

The belief that priests should be allowed to get married.

The idea that the Bible alone is the source of religious truth.

The practice of holding church services in Latin instead of local languages.

The concept of predestination as taught by John Calvin.

It is achieved through faith alone, without any need for good works.

It is predetermined by God before a person is even born.

It is gained through a combination of faith, good works, and receiving the sacraments.

It is granted only to those who join a specific religious order like the Jesuits.