Amid debates on whether the “Church of Rome” is a part of the true Church, why do Protestant historians and theologians use the term “Council of Trent”? It was a stacked (in so many ways) rubber stamp for the Papal party and it decided nothing.  As a counter-protestant PR campaign, it was amazing. If it was a Church council than my tennis shoes are a Boeing 747.

If I started calling a meeting of the PCA’s SJC a Church council, would that make it so?