The counter-reformation was by the catholic church to strengthen the church and keep catholics from converting to protestantism. It was initiated in response to the protestant reformation in the 1500’s. Pope Paul III called the council of trent in 1545 to guide the counter-reform movement. This counter-reform aimed to end abuse in the churches, also created the list of banned books. The Jesuits were a religious order led by Ignatius Loyola that emphasized strict moral and spiritual life and they saw themselves as the defenders of the catholic church. They spread catholicism to Asia, Africa, and America. The effects of all of this was that it created a loss of religion unity in western Europe. Political decision resulted as well. Rulers often chose a religion for their nations while some states remained catholic others became protestant. No catholic church was accepted but the catholic churches wanted to spread catholicism to as many people
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He is not as famous as Luther or Calvin but he did play his part in the break with the Roman Catholic church. He attempted with Luther to unite the protestant faiths. Such disunity among the Protestant faiths only served to encourage the Catholic Church that the Counter-Reformation was having an impact. Through Zwingli became a stronghold of protestantism.
The Reformation was rooted by Calvin by a rigid of righteousness, but it also shed much of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Bishops and Popes were dispensed with and preachers were chosen by individual congregations from a pool of qualified individuals. Churches were largely run by the congregations themselves through governing boards or sessions. Churches putting control in the hands of parishioners is thought to have helped spawn republican style governments by acclimating individual people to the notion that he or she had a say or a vote and could aspire to governance at least a seat on the local
He is not as famous as Luther or Calvin but he did play his part in the break with the Roman Catholic church. He attempted with Luther to unite the protestant faiths. Such disunity among the Protestant faiths only served to encourage the Catholic Church that the Counter-Reformation was having an impact. Through Zwingli became a stronghold of protestantism.
The Reformation was rooted by Calvin by a rigid of righteousness, but it also shed much of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Bishops and Popes were dispensed with and preachers were chosen by individual congregations from a pool of qualified individuals. Churches were largely run by the congregations themselves through governing boards or sessions. Churches putting control in the hands of parishioners is thought to have helped spawn republican style governments by acclimating individual people to the notion that he or she had a say or a vote and could aspire to governance at least a seat on the local