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The Catholic Church Fights Back

In this lesson, students will be able to define the following terms:

Catholic Counter ReformationCouncil of Trent

InquisitionHeresyJesuits

Thirty Years War

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The Protestant Reformation seriouslyweakened the power of the Roman

Catholic Church.

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The Catholic Counter Reformation

• The Roman Catholic Church reacted to the Protestant Reformation by making limited reforms.

• The Catholic Counter Reformation was a movement within the Roman Catholic Church to stop the spread of Protestantism.

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The RomanCatholic

Church triedto limit

the spreadof

Protestantism.

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Council of Trent

• Between 1545 and 1563, officials of the Roman Catholic Church met at the Council of Trent.

• At this meeting, Church officials redefined Catholic beliefs and created strategies to stop the spread of Protestantism.

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The Councilof Trent

ended thesale of

indulgences.

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The Inquisition

• The Roman Catholic Church created courts to punish people suspected of Protestant beliefs in Catholic countries.

• This movement was known as the Inquisition.

• The Inquisition punished heresy or the acceptance of non-Catholic beliefs.

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Hereticswere

torturedand

sometimeskilled.

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The Jesuits

• Ignatius Loyola started a new Catholic order called the Jesuits in 1534.

• The Jesuits were dedicated to defending the Catholic faith.

• The Jesuits also wanted to spread the Catholic faith.

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Ignatius Loyolafounded a

new Catholicorder to spread Catholicbeliefs.

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Religious Wars

• Religious conflict frequently led to war.

• Catholics and Protestants fought for land and power.

• The Thirty Years War was a particularly bloody war between Catholics and Protestants.

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Germanyand the

Netherlandsbecameinvolved

in a seriesof bloody

wars.

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WesternEurope was

no longerpredominantly

Catholic.

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Questions for Reflection:

• What was the Catholic Counter Reformation?

• Explain one specific action taken by the Council of Trent.

• What was the Inquisition and why were people accused of heresy punished?

• Who was Ignatius Loyola?

• Why did the Thirty Years War occur?