Catholic reformers began working to rebuild the church's power base and neutralize protestant criticism by convening at the council of trent (1). the council condemned the practice of indulgences, which had made martin luther write his 95 theses, but the theology of the practice remained the same (2). the council approved the new king james bible as the church's sole biblical source and banned the traditional vulgate bible (3). lastly, the church reinforced the concept of predestination, which countered the calvinist doctrine of free will (4).