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  1. The Counter-Reformation (Latin: Contrareformatio), also sometimes called the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to, and as an alternative to, the Protestant Reformations at the time.

  2. The Protestant Reformation was a religious movement that occurred in Western Europe during the 16th century that resulted in a divide in Christianity between Roman Catholics and Protestants. This movement "created a North-South split in Europe, where generally Northern countries became Protestant, while Southern countries remained Catholic." [3]

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  4. The Protestant Reformation was a series of events that happened in the 16th century in the Catholic Church. Because of corruption in the Catholic Church, some people saw that the way it worked needed to change.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ReformationReformation - Wikipedia

    The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.

  6. The Counter-Reformation (also known as the Catholic Reformation, 1545 to c. 1700) was the Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation (1517-1648).

  7. Jesuits are the members of the Society of Jesus, a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church, created to reaffirm the church and counter the Protestant Reformation. This organization was founded by Ignatius of Loyola, a Catholic soldier, who was wounded in battle and experienced religious conversions. Show more...

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