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Pope Paul III (1534–1549) is considered the first pope of the Counter-Reformation, [1] and he also initiated the Council of Trent (1545–1563), tasked with institutional reform, addressing contentious issues such as corrupt bishops and priests, the sale of indulgences, and other financial abuses.
Definition. 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). It is usually dated from the Council of Trent in 1545 to the end of the Great Turkish War in 1699, but according to some scholars, it continued afterwards and is ongoing in ...
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The Counter-Reformation was the response developed by Catholic Church to minimize the impact of Protestantism. It was a movement that helped to produce an ecclesiastical restructuring by introducing a series of changes in the liturgy. It was a movement that consisted in giving a new image to the church by reducing the influence of Protestant doctri...
The main characteristic of the Catholic Counter-Reformation or reform was that it covered everything concerning the political and religious sphere that existed at that time. It was in charge of eliminating the sale of indulgences, the main reason why the governors of the time had given their support to Martin Luther. He also sought to reform the Ca...
The background was based on the demands for the creation of a Church reform, in the face of the scandal of the Great Western Schism and against religious abuses. New religious orders such as the Theatines, Capuchins, Ursulines and Jesuits were promoted and created. The outstanding action of Paul III in convening the Council of Trentin 1545 was an i...
By the Protestant Reformation, the Western world that had been Catholic was divided between Catholic Christians and Protestant Christians who did not follow Rome’s guidelines. Catholicism had lost ground and was no longer the official religionin many parts of Europe and there was an attempt to prevent the same thing from happening in the New World....
The Counter-Reformation took place during a period of rebirth in the Catholic religion that began during the Ecumenical Council of Trent in 1545; the pontificate of Pope Pius IV in 1560 until the end of the Thirty Years’ Warin 1648.
The main representatives of the Counter-Reformation were: 1. Giovanni Caraffa(Paul IV), founder of the Theatines and elected pope in 1555. 2. Jacob Sadoleto, Italian who was elected as a reformist cardinal. 3. Gasparo Contariniwas appointed ambassador of Venice, England, Spain and Italy. He sought reconciliation with the Protestants. 4. Ignatius of...
We could say that the main cause was the series of reforms contained within the Council of Trent which had been implemented by the Catholic Church against the spread of Protestantism and which arose from constant complaints against officials who had a high rankwithin the Church.
With the Counter-Reformation they mainly sought to renew the inner part of Catholic Church, to maintain the power of the Catholic clergy, and to fight against the ideas that had been given by Martin Luther and John Calvin. It sought to condemn the ideas of the Reformation and to refute the heretical theses of Protestantism in Germany that were grad...
Among the main consequences that occurred with the Counter-Reformation we can mention the following: 1. There were important changes in the Church and in the practice of the Catholic religion. 2. There was an increase in Protestant groups and churches in Europe and America, and anti-Semitism was highlighted. 3. Religious conflicts between Catholics...
It was of great importance for the Catholic Church as it implemented a Catholic revitalization from the period of Pope Pius IV until 1560, when the Thirty Years’ Warended. The following points were reaffirmed: 1. Rejection that the Biblewas the only source of doctrine. 2. Salvation was obtained by God’s gracethrough faith and works together. 3. The...
Mar 26, 2023 · The Counter-Reformation was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation. It began with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and largely ended with the conclusion of the European wars of religion in 1648.
The critical-historical method of studying the Bible, which began in the 17th century, seemed to threaten the authority of Scripture, and the rationalism of the Enlightenment was condemned as a source of religious indifference and anticlericalism ( see Biblical Scholarship; Enlightenment, Age of).
Dec 6, 2023 · Introduction to the Protestant Reformation (part 4 of 4): The Counter-Reformation. Protestants largely rejected the visual culture of Catholicism, going so far as to whitewash and destroy its art.
