The Council of Tren was made to reform the Catholic Church. The leader of the council was Paul III who later became the pope in the year 1534. The pope got together a gathering of bishops called a council. The men met in a small city in Northern Italy called Trent. The council met twenty-five times total in an eighteen-year period. The council members were to defend the validity of indulgences. The members also reaffirmed the Catholic doctrine and mandates reformed in 1563. The Council said that Christians shouldn’t only be guided by the bible but also by the Catholic Church traditions. Also the council said that only the Catholic Church are allowed to interpret the bible. The bishops for the council got into the habit of living far from