Free Council

What [Luther] meant by ‘free’ was that it was not to be led by the Pope or by the Curia but by the holy scriptures and be an open discussion held with an open Bible.

 

Herman Selderhuis, "The Protestant Image of the Council of Trent," in Learning from the Past: Essays on Reception, Catholicity and Dialogue in Honour of Anthony N. S. Lane, eds. Jon Balserak and Richard Snoddy (New York, NY: T&T Clark, 2015), 78