Counter Reformation
Rome's Protestant response
The Counter Reformation was the Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation in the 16th and 17th centuries.
It involved internal reforms, clarification of doctrine at the Council of Trent, and efforts to stop the spread of Protestantism through institutions like the Inquisition and the Jesuit order.
The movement strengthened Catholic identity and practice while reasserting papal authority.
The Counter Reformation shaped European politics and art for generations.
Catholic ecclesiastical congress addressing reformation
- JesuitsIgnatian Catholic religious order
- InquisitionChurch tribunal against heretics
- HabsburgsAustrian imperial dynasty
- Philip IIAncient Macedonian ruler
Spanish Armada · Peace of Augsburg · Holy Roman Empire · Schmalkaldic League · Trento · Baroque · John of the Cross
Papal Christian denomination
- papacyPope's office and authority
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
orthodoxy · sacraments · purgatory · salvation · absolution · penance · indulgences · justification
Making current again
- revivalReturn after decline
- seminariesInstitutions training clergy
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
uniformity · pastoral care · preaching · spiritual exercises · religious orders
Council of Trent
Catholic ecclesiastical congress addressing reformation
- JesuitsIgnatian Catholic religious order
- InquisitionChurch tribunal against heretics
- HabsburgsAustrian imperial dynasty
Philip II · Spanish Armada · Peace of Augsburg · Holy Roman Empire · Schmalkaldic League · Trento · Baroque · John of the Cross
Catholicism
Papal Christian denomination
- papacyPope's office and authority
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
heresy · orthodoxy · sacraments · purgatory · salvation · absolution · penance · indulgences · justification · transubstantiation
renewal
Making current again
- revivalReturn after decline
- seminariesInstitutions training clergy
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
centralization · uniformity · pastoral care · preaching · spiritual exercises · religious orders
- ReformationMartin Luther, John Calvin, 95 Theses, Luther, Wittenberg
- Renaissance RomeSistine Chapel, Michelangelo, St. Peters Basilica, Vatican, Raphael
Counter ReformationProtestant Reformation
Religious movement splitting Christianity
Reformation · Lutheranism · Calvinism · Protestantism · Anabaptism
Counter ReformationReformation
Religious movement splitting Christianity
Protestant Reformation · anticlericalism · iconoclasm · secularization
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