Strappado was a torture device that used ropes to tie a person's arms and legs while attaching weights to the ropes. The person was raised and then dropped, painfully stretching the body and sometimes causing death. The aselli involved securing a person on a rack with spikes and elevating their feet above their head before forcing water into their mouth and nose, causing semi-suffocation, which was repeated while tightening the cords binding their limbs. The Council of Trent rejected simony, expected bishops to live in their dioceses and strengthened their authority, called for seminaries, and reaffirmed Catholic doctrines including transubstantiation and the authority of the Pope.