Instrument of the Pope

But more importantly, the council is, in [Calvin's] opinion, nothing more than an instrument of the Pope which seeks, not to reform but to counter, the reformation.

 

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), 81