How did the Pope try to counter the Reformation?

Answer 1

The Reformation is a process that - althoough creating new movements and churches within Christianity-, refers mainly to what happened inside the Catholic Church. Therefore if we have to ask who was Reformed during the Refomration? the first answer has to be the Catholic Church. This reformation was at first, bnnatually opposed by the Catholic Leadership and these effort to counter these changes were based in three spheres:

doctrine : it was established and severly regulated putting the Pope as the maximum arbiter of doctrine in the Catholic Church

Creation of Seminars: From then on, Rpiests were going to receive strict education adn discipline within a set of institutions called seminars

Restructuring: Spiritual orders such as Dominics and Several others were restructured so they could go back to their roots as monastich orders and not as the veritable oners and landlords that they have turned to. also A strict vigilance of spiritual movements such as Spanish Mistics and the spiritual French School, to make them toe the Papal Line more accurately.

All these actions have also been called Counter reform, that is, an effort on the part of the Catholic Church to counteract the influence of the newly minted protestant movements in Europe Especially Lutheranism and Calvinism

Answer 2

It set up the Council of Trent, which was formed to review all aspects of the church. It also began to look into other religions, which were pulling people away from the Cathloic church, and pointed out their flaws and defects.

Answer 3

Roman Catholic AnswerThe Church launched the what is called the Counter-Reformation in order to try and stem the horrible results of the protestant revolt. There were many new religious orders and many great saints from this period. The Pope called the Council of Trent to deal with the errors put forward by the protestants, and a vast blossoming of Catholic spirituality followed.

from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957

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.

Answer 4

The church response to reformation thought them to have the council of Trent.They were order who emerged like the society of Jesus who counterattacked the reformed church.The country like Spain, and Portugal had their inquisition to those who convert to the protest church.It happened in France the bloody St.Bartolomew day massacre in the year of 1572. They killed almost 70000 huguenot.

Answer 5

Catholic Answer

The Catholic Church responded to the protestant revolt, primarily with the Catholic reform and the Council of Trent, although the Catholic reform had actually begun before that time. As a matter of fact, Martin Luther was part of the Catholic reform before he lost it and left the Church. Three specific ways (out of many) that the Church used in the Catholic reform were new Religious Orders: most notably the Jesuits and the Discalced

Carmelites,

seminary education for future priests, and tightening of the rules on Bishops living in their own dioceses.

from

A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater,

Second edition, revised 1957

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.

from

Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon,

S.J.

Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

A period of Catholic revival from 1522 to about 1648, better know as the Catholic Reform. It was an effort to stem the tide of Protestantism by genuine reform within the Catholic Church. There were political movements pressured by civil rules, and ecclesiastical movements carried out by churchmen in an attempt to restore genuine Catholic life by establishing new religious orders such as the Society of Jesus and restoring old orders to their original observances, such as the Carmelites

under St. Teresa of Avila (1515-98). The main factors responsible for the Counter Reformation, however, were the papacy and the council of Trent (1545-63). Among church leaders St. Charles Borromeo

(1538-84), Archbishop of Milan, enforced the reforms decreed by the council, and St. Francis de

Sales of Geneva (1567-1622) spent his best energies in restoring genuine Catholic doctrine and piety. Among civil rulers sponsoring the needed reform were Philip II of Spain (1527-98) and Mary Tudor (1516-58), his wife, in England. Unfortunately this aspect of the reformation led to embitterment between England and Scotland, England and Spain, Poland and Sweden, and to almost two centuries of religious wars. As a result of the Counter Reformation, the Catholic Church became stronger in her institutional structure, more dedicated to the work of evangelization,

and more influential in world affairs.

Answer 6

Roman Catholic AnswerThe primary actions that the Church took in consequence of the protestant revolt included trying to re-evangelize those who had been led astray by the revolutionaries in an effort to save their souls. Included in this were the foundation of many new religious orders, many new saints arose including St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, and others. The Church's formal address to the problem was the Council of Trent in which the Church specifically addressed the errors of the reformers and restated long standing Church teaching. The Church attempted to silence Martin Luther and when it proved unsuccessful in saving him, excommunicated him and attempted to save the countless souls he had led into apostasy and heresy. St. Francis de Sales was very successful in re-evangelizing his diocese and reconverted nearly the entire population of his diocese which had gone completely protestant before he had been assigned as their bishop. His tracts that he used in this attempt were very good and are now available in book form. See link below for "The Catholic Controversies. The Popes, primarily Pope Pius V, and the Council of Trent, were the primary forces behind the Catholic Reform which was multi-faceted:

from

Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

A period of Catholic revival from 1522 to about 1648, better know as the Catholic Reform. It was an effort to stem the tide of Protestantism by genuine reform within the Catholic Church. There were political movements pressured by civil rules, and ecclesiastical movements carried out by churchmen in an attempt to restore genuine Catholic life by establishing new religious orders such as the Society of Jesus and restoring old orders to their original observances, such as the Carmelites under St. Teresa of Avila (1515-98). The main factors responsible for the Counter Reformation, however, were the papacy and the council of Trent (1545-63). Among church leaders St. Charles Borromeo (1538-84), Archbishop of Milan, enforced the reforms decreed by the council, and St. Francis de Sales of Geneva (1567-1622) spent his best energies in restoring genuine Catholic doctrine and piety. Among civil rulers sponsoring the needed reform were Philip II of Spain (1527-98) and Mary Tudor (1516-58), his wife, in England. Unfortunately this aspect of the reformation led to embitterment between England and Scotland, England and Spain, Poland and Sweden, and to almost two centuries of religious wars. As a result of the Counter Reformation, the Catholic Church became stronger in her institutional structure, more dedicated to the work of evangelization, and more influential in world affairs.