Yes, the Second Vatican Council, which took place from 1962 to 1965, played a significant role in improving relations between the Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern Orthodox Churches. In 1965, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople lifted the mutual excommunications that had been imposed in 1054 during the Great Schism. This act was a significant step toward reconciliation and dialogue between the two branches of Christianity.
The Council of Trent is associated with the religion of Roman Catholicism. It was the 19th ecumenical council and is highly important for it's sweeping decrees of self reform.
Because the United States vetoes them.
Francis James Paul has written: 'The doctrinal decrees of the Council of Trent'
It forbade neutral ships to trade with Europe, therefore interfering with american neutrality.
10% difference.
90 decrees
Not a great deal, the book, Church Music and the Council of Trent, by K.G. Fellerer indicates that Church music was dealt with under "Abuses in the Sacrifice of the Mass" in Canon 8, Sept 10, 1562, and recommended that secular expression must be avoided in the decrees of the 22nd Session. Most of the "implications for church music and musicians" were formulated in "numerous synodal decrees of regional councils subsequent to the Council of Trent." This is gone into in a little more detail in the link below, but the Council itself didn't do all that much, it was the Pope and the regional Councils in the one hundred years following.
The Council of Trent reaffirmed that one must follow the teaching of the Church that Our Blessed Lord founded, gave the fullness of truth to, guaranteed until the end of the world, and send the Holy Spirit to guide always.
Polish decrees happened in 1940.
Luther thought that the actions and decrees of the Catholic pope was using the people's faith for the churches benefit. Luther thought that the idea of paying restitution for the sins of people was immoral.
The prime meridian. And its degrees not decrees.
The Council of Trent reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings in response to Protestant Reformation challenges. It also issued decrees addressing issues of corruption and discipline among clergy, and standardized the Mass and sacraments to promote unity within the Catholic Church.