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Catholic Reformation. ... The Protestant Reformation started by Luther showed many
flaws in the reasoning and systems of the Catholic Church. ...
... The reformation can be split into two different subjects, the Protestant
reformation and the Catholic reformation. It is my opinion ...
... (sometimes called the Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival). ... The Catholic
Reformation was comprehensive and comprised five major elements: 1. Doctrine. ...
... Test these concepts in an essay that discusses the baroque as an expression of the
Catholic Reformation, Protestant devotionalism, the Scientific Revolution ...
... The Counter Reformation started in the 1540s as a reaction to Protestantism
and progressed simultaneously with the Catholic Reformation. ...
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The Counter-Reformation by the Catholic choice led to the conversion of many non-Christians as well as the halting or slowing down of many Protestant movements and reformations. This was accomplished when the Church focused on taking the best ideas of the medieval Church and forcing those ideas to adapt to present circumstances. Many new religious orders were founded and older orders were reformed to be more beneficial. Also a non-tolerance policy was adopted by the papacy to alienate arguments and possible consents between Catholics and Protestants on important dogmatic issues.The Church created an effective arsenal of spiritual weapondry to combat the threat of Protestants to their ranks.
The Protestant Reformation started by Luther showed many flaws in the reasoning and systems of the Catholic Church. The Church's clergy were more corrupt than innocent, and their ideas of transubstantian as well as other sacraments were challenged by more than one influential Protestant. Seeing their flaws, the Church combined the best of their old medieval practices and took new practices like mysticism and monasticism to create stronger faith communities and better values. Mysticism, as taught by the Carmelite nuns, focused on an active life of good works which would increase faith in God and his will. Monasticism created monastic orders who would live simpler lives and dedicate their lives to God like the Capuchins who were known to preach directly and well against Protestantism.
The main focus of the Catholic Reformation became to stop the rise of Protestantism and to convert non-Christians much more effectively than before and the main weapon for the Church were the Jesuits. Known also as the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits were founded by an ex-soldier named Ignatius of Loyola who pursued service as a 'soldier of God' rather than a worldy soldier because of his injuries in battle. His lifework led to The Spiritual Exercises which outlined...
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