The Council of Trent was a major part of the Catholic Counter Reformation, and it was here that the Catholic Church reaffirmed its belief in salvation through faith and good works. The Council of Trent declared that faith and good works were both necessary for salvation, and that faith without good works was dead. This reaffirmed the Catholic Church's traditional teaching on salvation, which had been challenged by the Protestant Reformation. The Council of Trent also declared that the Catholic Church was the only true Church, and that all other forms of Christianity were false. This was a direct response to the Protestant Reformation, which had rejected the authority of the Catholic Church.
