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The Bohemian Reformation (also known as the Czech Reformation [1] or Hussite Reformation ), preceding the Reformation of the 16th century, was a Christian movement in the late medieval and early modern Kingdom and Crown of Bohemia (mostly what is now present-day Czech Republic, Silesia, and Lusatia) striving for a reform of the Catholic Church.
Mar 19, 2019 · The term Counter-Reformation was used for the first time at the end of the eighteenth century to indicate the process of re-catholicizing territories put in place by the Church of Rome against the Protestant threat. Since then, the concept of Counter-Reformation has long been at the center of occasionally rather harsh historiographical debates ...
Georges de Nantes (3 April 1924 – 15 February 2010), better known as "Abbé de Nantes" was a theologian and traditionalist Catholic priest. He was the founder of the League for Catholic Counter-Reformation (in French Ligue de la Contre-Réforme catholique ) considered a cult by the French non-profit UNADFI .
The Counter-Reformation, or Catholic Reformation, was the response of the Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation. The essence of the Counter-Reformation was a renewed conviction in traditional practices and the upholding of Catholic doctrine as the source of ecclesiastic and moral reform, and the answer to halting the spread of ...
Baroque architecture first appeared in the late 16th and early 17th century in religious architecture in Rome as a means to counter the popular appeal of the Protestant Reformation. It was a reaction against the more severe and academic earlier style of earlier churches, it aimed to inspire the common people with the effects of surprise ...
Roman Catechism. The Roman Catechism or Catechism of the Council of Trent is a compendium of Catholic doctrine commissioned during the Counter-Reformation by the Council of Trent, to expound doctrine and to improve the theological understanding of the clergy. It was published in 1566.
The 17th century was a tumultuous period in Italian history, marked by deep political and social changes. These included the increase of Papal power in the peninsula and the influence of the Catholic Church at the peak of the Counter Reformation, the Catholic reaction against the Protestant Reformation.
