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Counter-Reformation, in the history of Christianity, the Roman Catholic efforts directed in the 16th and early 17th centuries both against the Protestant Reformation and toward internal renewal. The Roman Catholic Church responded to the Protestant challenge by purging itself of the abuses and ambiguities that had opened the way to revolt and ...
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Introduction to the Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther. Introduction to the Protestant Reformation: The Counter-Reformation. Introduction to the Protestant Reformation: Varieties of Protestantism. The Council of Trent and the call to reform art. Iconoclasm in the Netherlands in the Sixteenth Century.
Jun 25, 2019 · The Counter-Reformation was a period of spiritual, moral, and intellectual revival in the Catholic Church in the 16th and 17th centuries, usually dated from 1545 (the opening of the Council of Trent) to 1648 (the end of the Thirty Years' War). While it is normally seen as a reaction to the Protestant Reformation, the Counter-Reformation has ...
The 16th century Protestant Reformation sent shockwaves through Christendom and the Catholic Church mounted a dynamic counteroffensive. This period, known as the Counter-Reformation, was a time of intense self-examination, fervent spiritual renewal, and bold institutional reform. At the heart of this movement was the Council of Trent, which sought to address the criticisms leveled by the ...
S cholars use the terms Catholic Reformation and Counter-Reformation to identify the changes in the Roman Catholic Church that occurred in the 1400s and 1500s. The phrase Catholic Reformation generally refers to the efforts at reform that began in the late Middle Ages and continued throughout the Renaissance. Counter-Reformation means the steps ...
The age of. Reformation. and Counter-Reformation. The most traumatic era in the entire history of Roman Catholicism, some have argued, was the period from the middle of the 14th century to the middle of the 16th. This was the time when Protestantism, through its definitive break with Roman Catholicism, arose to take its place on the Christian map.
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Mar 25, 2020 · The Counter-Reformation: Catholic Europe and the Non-Christian World. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2005. Wright argues that the importance of patristic studies during the Renaissance, especially concerning Augustine and conflicting interpretations of him, influenced both dissidents (Protestants) and reformers (Catholics) during the Reformation.
