A report on Counter-Reformation
The period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation, also known as the Protestant Revolution.
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Inquisition
3 linksGroup of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, conducting trials of suspected heretics.
Group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, conducting trials of suspected heretics.
During the Late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, the scope of the Inquisition grew significantly in response to the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
Tridentine Mass
3 linksLiturgy of Mass in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church that appears in typical editions of the Roman Missal published from 1570 to 1962.
Liturgy of Mass in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church that appears in typical editions of the Roman Missal published from 1570 to 1962.
"Tridentine" is derived from the Latin Tridentinus, "related to the city of Tridentum" (modern-day Trent, Italy), where the Council of Trent was held at the height of the Counter-Reformation.
Renaissance
7 linksPeriod in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas and achievements of classical antiquity.
Period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas and achievements of classical antiquity.
As the Reformation and Counter-Reformation clashed, the Northern Renaissance showed a decisive shift in focus from Aristotelean natural philosophy to chemistry and the biological sciences (botany, anatomy, and medicine).
European wars of religion
1 linksThe European wars of religion were a series of wars waged in Europe during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries.
The European wars of religion were a series of wars waged in Europe during the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries.
Warfare intensified after the Catholic Church began the Counter-Reformation in 1545 against the growth of Protestantism.
Italy
7 linksCountry that consists of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and several islands surrounding it; its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region.
Country that consists of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and several islands surrounding it; its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region.
The Papacy remained a powerful force and launched the Counter-reformation.
Spain
6 linksCountry in southwestern Europe with parts of territory in the Atlantic Ocean and across the Mediterranean Sea.
Country in southwestern Europe with parts of territory in the Atlantic Ocean and across the Mediterranean Sea.
The rise of humanism, the Counter-Reformation and new geographical discoveries and conquests raised issues that were addressed by the intellectual movement now known as the School of Salamanca, which developed the first modern theories of what are now known as international law and human rights.
Protestantism
6 linksForm of Christianity that follows the tenets of the Protestant Reformation: a major movement within Western Christianity that began in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to be errors, abuses, innovations, discrepancies, and theological novums within the medieval Catholic Church.
Form of Christianity that follows the tenets of the Protestant Reformation: a major movement within Western Christianity that began in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to be errors, abuses, innovations, discrepancies, and theological novums within the medieval Catholic Church.
Some of Hus' followers founded the Unitas Fratrum—"Unity of the Brethren"—which was renewed under the leadership of Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf in Herrnhut, Saxony, in 1722 after its almost total destruction in the Thirty Years' War and the Counter-Reformation.
Spanish mystics
1 linksThe Spanish mystics are major figures in the Catholic Reformation of 16th and 17th century Spain.
Pope
7 linksBishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome ), head of the worldwide Catholic Church, and also serves as head of state or sovereign of the Vatican City State since the eighth century.
Bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome ), head of the worldwide Catholic Church, and also serves as head of state or sovereign of the Vatican City State since the eighth century.
Popes instituted a Catholic Reformation (1560–1648), which addressed the challenges of the Protestant Reformation and instituted internal reforms.
French school of spirituality
0 linksThe principal devotional influence within the Catholic Church from the mid-17th century through the mid-20th century, not only in France but throughout the church in most of the world.
The principal devotional influence within the Catholic Church from the mid-17th century through the mid-20th century, not only in France but throughout the church in most of the world.
A development of the Catholic Reformation like the Spanish mystics and the Society of Jesus, it focused the devotional life of the Catholic faithful on a personal experience of the person of Jesus and the quest for personal holiness.