The Counter-Reformation

The Counter-Reformation was led by_____.

• Martin Luther

• The German princes

• The Catholic Church

• John Wycliffe

The purpose of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) was_____.

• To decide whether or not to excommunicate Jan Hus

• To encourage people to convert to Protestantism

• To make a plan to execute Martin Luther

• To reform and define the Catholic belief system

The Council of Trent said that______.

• Religious truth came from the Bible alone

• Religious truth came only from Catholic tradition and the Pope's words

• Religious truth came from the Bible and Catholic tradition

• Religious truth did not come from the Bible

Protestants believed that religious truth came from_____.

• The Bible

• Catholic tradition.

• The Pope.

• Martin Luther

Ignatius of Loyola founded ______

• the Lutheran Church

• Calvinism

• The Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)

• The Inquisition

All of the following is true about the Jesuit priests EXCEPT:

• They helped spread Catholicism to the Americas, Asia and Africa

• They allowed Protestants to join the order because they wanted to be tolerant

• Their education was based on faith and reason

• They helped to bring respect back to the Catholic Church

The purpose of the Inquisition was_______

• to make new rules for the Catholic Church

• To burn books that were considered dangerous to the faith

• To promote Catholic education

• To find, investigate and punish heretics

A heretic is______

• A member of the Inquisition

• Someone who rejects official Church teachings

• A Church official

• A foreigner

All of the following is true about the Inquisition EXCEPT:

• it was most infamous in Spain

• it targeted Protestants

• it banned reading in Catholic countries

• it used intimidation and torture to get confessions

Books that were placed on the Index of Forbidden Books were ______.

• hidden in Church vaults

• burned

• translated into the vernacular

• buried