Counter-Reformation Foreshadow Notes

Counter-Reformation (1530s-1648)

​The Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation​.

• The Catholic Church watched as Europe began embracing Protestantism.

• It responded with a Counter-Reformation at the Council of Trent (1545-1563)

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Counter-Reform

Open Ended

Define Counter-Reformation.

• Reaffirming

  • Faith & good works for salvation

  • Predestination was wrong

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​Council of Trent

Jesuits

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• Ignatius of Loyola was a Counter-Reformer who founded the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits

• Jesuits were "soldiers for Christ" who were missionaries & teachers of Catholic teaching

• Spread through Africa, Asia, & the Americas

Inquistion

• The Counter-Reformation wasn't as peaceful as the Jesuits

• Inquisitors were clergy assigned with the task of silencing heretics

  • Inquisition means questioning

  • What does that mean?

• Jews and Muslims were persecuted, imprisoned & executed

​Fought between Catholics & Protestants (Huguenots) that left over a million people dead.

​​French Wars of Religion (1562-1598)

Fought between Catholics & Protestants.

Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)

​Peace between the Protestants & Catholics that set boundaries.

Peace of Westphalia

​Religious Wars