Editing Pope Pius IV (section)

===Council of Trent===
[[File:Pius IV Testone.jpg|thumb|upright|''Testone'' coin with arms of Pius IV]]
On 18 January 1562 the [[Council of Trent]], which had been suspended by [[Pope Julius III]], was convened by Pius IV for the third and final time.<ref>Bard Thompson, ''Humanists and Reformers: A History of the Renaissance and Reformation'', (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1996), 520.</ref> Great skill and caution were necessary to effect a settlement of the questions before it, inasmuch as the three principal nations taking part in it, though at issue with regard to their own special demands, were prepared to unite their forces against the demands of Rome. Pius IV, however, aided by [[Giovanni Morone]] and [[Charles Borromeo]], proved himself equal to the emergency, and by judicious management – and concession – brought the council to a termination satisfactory to the disputants and favourable to the pontifical authority. Its definitions and decrees were confirmed by a [[papal bull]] ("[[Benedictus Deus (Pius IV)|''Benedictus Deus'']]") dated 26 January 1564; and, though they were received with certain limitations by [[Kingdom of France|France]] and [[Habsburg Spain|Spain]], the famous Creed of Pius IV, or [[Tridentine Creed]], became an authoritative expression of the Catholic faith.<ref>Imma Penn, ''Dogma Evolution and Papal Fallacies'', (AuthorHouse, 2007), 195. {{Self-published source|date=July 2020}}</ref> The more marked manifestations of stringency during his pontificate appear to have been prompted rather than spontaneous, his personal character inclining him to moderation and ease.

Thus, a warning, issued in 1564, summoning [[Jeanne d'Albret]], the Queen of [[Kingdom of Navarre|Navarre]], before the [[Inquisition]] on a charge of [[Calvinism]], was withdrawn by him in deference to the indignant protest of [[Charles IX of France]]. In the same year he published a bull granting the use of the cup to the laity of [[Archduchy of Austria|Austria]] and [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]]. One of his strongest passions appears to have been that of building, which somewhat strained his resources in contributing to the adornment of Rome (including the new [[Porta Pia]] and Via Pia, named after him, and the northern extension (''Addizione'') of the [[rione]] of [[borgo (rione of Rome)|Borgo]]), and in carrying on the work of restoration, erection, and fortification in various parts of the ecclesiastical states.

On the other hand, others bemoaned the austere Roman culture during his papacy; [[Giorgio Vasari]] in 1567 spoke of a time when "the grandeurs of this place reduced by stinginess of living, dullness of dress, and simplicity in so many things; Rome is fallen into much misery, and if it is true that Christ loved poverty and the City wishes to follow in his steps she will quickly become beggarly...".<ref>Freedberg SJ, p. 429.</ref>