Adoremus is pleased to feature another insightful series by our regular contributor Father Uwe Michael Lang. Many know (or think they know) the history of the most recent ecumenical council, Vatican II. But how does it compare to other ecumenical councils? In this first of his six-part series, Father Lang gives us a peek at what preceded the Council of Trent, a look back that will ultimately examine Trent itself and the liturgical books it produced and that were in use (with few changes) until the Second Vatican Council.

Listen here as Adoremus’ Jesse Weiler explores all these insights with Fr. Uwe Michael Lang.

The entire series, Trent and Its Liturgical Reform, can be found here. The individual articles are linked below:

1. The Western Church at the Threshold of the Early Modern Period
2. Assembling an Ecumenical Council in a Period of Turmoil
3. The Council Debates and Decrees
4. The Papacy in Charge of Liturgical Renewal
5. Practical Implementation
6. Compared with Vatican II

Father Uwe Michael Lang, a native of Nuremberg, Germany, is a priest of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in London. He holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Oxford, and is a Senior Lecturer in Liturgy and Church History at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, London. He is a Corresponding Member of the Neuer Schülerkreis Joseph Ratzinger / Papst Benedikt XVI, a Member of the Council of the Henry Bradshaw Society, a Board Member of the Society for Catholic Liturgy, and Editor of Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal.