The Reformation was a protest against perceived wrong doings by the Catholic Church. In response the Catholic Council setup new schools for priests, ended most corruption, and created new religious orders to deal with these problems.
Catholics refer to Luther's "reformation" as the protestant revolt. The Catholic Church reiterated and defined its teaching at the Council of Trent. The Counter-Reformation was led by scholars, and the Catholic Reform by Catholics.
It was split between Catholics and Protestants.
After the Reformation Christianity was largely separated into Roman Catholics and Protestants.
Catholics called them heretics, they called themselves protestants.
It started killing the people
Protestants opposed the sale of indulgences, while Catholics did not.
The Catholic Reformation was a period of Catholic revival.
The Catholic Reformation and the counter reformation are two expressions for the same thing.
If by Christian Church you mean Catholic Church(as their was and is the Eastern Orthodox, which historically didn't get along well with Catholics) then the Reformation.
The Catholic Church's response to the Reformation was known as the Counter-Reformation.
In those days the Catholic church had spread right across Europe. Virtually all Europeans were Catholics. After Henry VIII's time the Reformation started and Protestants started to appear.
Protestant promoted the use of the language of the common people while catholics did not. APEX