CCEH#09 Catholic Counter-Reformation

What was the Catholic Churches' response to the Protestant Reformation?

• The Counter-Reformation

• Witch Trials

• The Spanish Inquisition

• The 30 Years War

Years ago historians like Max Weber firmly believed that the Protestant religion promoted _____?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Anarchism

• Marxism

This 18-year series of meetings was composed of high church officials to stop the momentum of the Protestant Reformation.

• Council of Trent

• The Treaty of Westphalia

• The Diet of Worms

• First Council of Nicaea

This had been established in the 13th century to stamp out heresies in southern France and Italy. But at the beginning of the Counter-Reformation targeted Protestants, and searched for heresy also among conquered people in the New World.

• The Inquisition

• The Translation Movement

• The Reconquista

• The Crusades

This is the belief that the blood and wine of the communion sacrament become the actual body and blood of Jesus.

• Transubstantiation

• Baptism

• Iconoclasm

• Catechism

What were some outcomes of the Council of Trent?

• The Church upheld the centrality of the Seven Sacraments and the selling of indulgences

• The Church established seminaries where priests could become more informed on Catholic theology.

• The Church began the Papal Index, a list of books that Catholics were forbidden to read

• The Church reached deeper into society when it began to further regulate marriages.

Which Spanish nobleman and former soldier would help fortify Catholicism in the Counter-Reformation?

• Ignatius of Loyola

• Francis Xavier

• Bartolomé de las Casas

• Matteo Ricci

What organization did Ignatius of Loyola found?

• The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits

• The Dominican Order

• The Benedictines

• The Franciscans

Which were qualities/achievements of the Jesuits?

• They were organized like an army with a hierarchy of command.

• They founded schools where humanistic education thrived alongside religious instruction. 

• They attempted to globalize their faith as a regular part of their mission.

• They engaged in artistic patronage to rebrand the Catholic image.

Which of the following were areas of the world that the Jesuits reached through their missionary missions?

• Japan

• Africa

• The New World

• India