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Counter-Reformation

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Also known as Catholic Reformation, Catholic Revival, Contrareformatio, Reformatio Catholica

The Counter-Reformation (), also sometimes called the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to, and as an alternative to or from similar insights as, the Protestant Reformations at the time. It was a comprehensive effort arising from the decrees of the Council of Trent.

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The Counter-Reformation was the Catholic Church's effort to revitalize itself in response to the Protestant Reformation, involving a comprehensive reform program that emerged from the Council of Trent's decrees. It matters because it represents a major turning point in religious history when the Catholic Church actively reformed its practices and doctrines to address criticisms and reassert its authority during a period of religious division in Europe.

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Encyclopedic overview

48 sections
Contents
  • Terminology
  • Precursor Catholic Reformation
  • Priests and religious orders
  • Councils and documents
  • ''Confutatio Augustana''
  • Council of Trent
  • ''Index Librorum Prohibitorum''
  • ''Roman Catechism''
  • ''Nova ordinantia ecclesiastica''
  • ''Defensio Tridentinæ fidei''
  • ''Unigenitus''
  • Politics and wars
  • British Isles
  • The Netherlands
  • Germany
  • Cologne
  • Belgium
  • Bohemia and Austria
  • France
  • Italy
  • Poland and Lithuania
  • Spain
  • Indian
  • Eastern Rites
  • Middle East
  • Ukraine
  • Outcomes
  • Areas affected
  • Religious orders
  • Devotion and mysticism
  • Baroque art
  • Decrees on art
  • Church music
  • Reforms during the 22nd session
  • Proposed removal of polyphony
  • Saviour-Legend
  • Reforms following the Council of Trent
  • Calendrical studies
  • Major figures
  • See also
  • References
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • General works
  • Primary sources
  • Historiography
  • External links

The Counter-Reformation (), also sometimes called the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to, and as an alternative to or from similar insights as, the Protestant Reformations at the time. It was a comprehensive effort arising from the decrees of the Council of Trent.

As a political-historical period, it is frequently dated to have begun with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and to have ended with the political conclusion of the European wars of religion in 1648, though this is controversial. However, as a theological-historical description, the term may be obsolescent or over-specific: the broader term Catholic Reformation () also encompasses the reforms and movements within the Church in the periods immediately before Protestantism or Trent, and lasting later.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Counter-Reformation” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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