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The Counter-Reformation is the name given to the Catholic movement of reform and activity which lasted for about one hundred years from the beginning of the Council of Trent (q.v., 1545), and was the belated answer to the threatening confusion and increasing attacks of the previous years. It was the work principally of the Popes St. Pius V and Gregory XIII and the Council itself in the sphere of authority, of SS. Philip Neri and Charles Borromeo in the reform of the clergy and of life, of St. Ignatius and the Jesuits in apostolic activity of St. Francis Xavier in foreign missions, and of St. Teresa in the purely contemplative life which lies behind them all. But these were not the only names nor was it a movement of a few only; the whole Church emerged from the 15th century purified and revivified. On the other hand, it was a reformation rather than a restoration; the unity of western Christendom was destroyed; the Church militant (those still on earth) led by the Company of Jesus adopted offence as the best means of defence and, though she gained as much as she lost in some sense, the Church did not recover the exercise of her former spiritual supremacy in actuality.
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When did the Spanish attempt to reform to the Anglican church?
The Spanish did not reform the Anglican church. The Anglican church is English and begun by Henry when he threw out the Catholic church in England.
What was the reform?
the answer is clearly within itself... when u re form an act
What is the attempt to reform a criminal offender?
Rehabilitation is the attempt to reform a criminal.
How did steps taken by Paul III and Paul IV to reform the Catholic Church differ from Protestant reforms?
Roman Catholic AnswerWe seem to have a sematic problem here, to reform means to to make something better, to improve it. The protestants revolted against the Church, the disagreed with the Church and left it, they did not attempt to reform it. So the most obvious answer is that the Popes attempted reform, the protestants didn't.
Who wanted to reform the Anglican church?
The Puritans had sought to reform the Anglican Church. They believed that the Church of England had not gone far enough in separating itself from Roman Catholicism, and believed the church still pushed forward a lot of catholic based doctrine.
A what led the Reformation movement in England?
The reformation movement was fueled by an attempt to reform the Catholic Church. There were a lot of false doctrines and malpractices going on in the church.
What is the reform church for Jews?
There is no such thing as the "reform church" or a church of any kind in Judaism.
Who reform from the Anglican Church?
it's reformed, not reform the Anglican church, foo
When was Methodist Reform Church created?
Methodist Reform Church was created in 1849.
What Saxon monk challenged many long held doctrines in an attempt to reform the Catholic Church?
It sounds like you are asking about Martin Luther, but he was a friar, not a monk; and he initially started by seeking reform, but almost immediately gave up and made up his own church.
How did the catholic church reform itself in response to the protestant changes Papacy?
During the counter-reformation, the papacy was reformed to address corruption.
What are the major Protestant Reformations of Catholicism?
Protestants did not reform the Catholic Church. They (Martin Luther, Henry VIII, etc) formed their own religions. The Catholic Church then reformed itself.
