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The Refashioning of Catholicism, 1450-1700: A Reassessment of the Counter Reformation
Robert Bireley (Paperback) Catholic University of America Press 1999-08
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Why do you think it was important that the Catholic Church split?
How does it affect todays world still?
I think it was a necessary result of the power struggles that had emerged. For centuries since the fall of the Roman Empire, the Catholic Church was the only organization in Europe to feed the hungry, take care of the homeless, provide education, take a leadership role, organize militaries and resolve disputes. Thus, it was the only authority in most areas, and even helped keep warlords and German emperors in check.
With any authority comes discontent, and the rise of mercantilism and nationalism brought national leaders who could take advantage of this discontent against the Church.
Luther's arguments were both compelling and immediately useful to such leaders. In fact, had Luther's case not been taken up by German princes eager to seize Church property (something they promptly did), it would have remained a theological dispute within the Church (much as the Counter-Reformation 40 years later proved to be).
One of the results was a rise in "mission" activity. While Catholic explorers had for centuries attempted to find new areas of the world to "Christianize", Protestants had a double-incentive in exploration: save the natives for Christ, and save them from the Catholics! I would argue this led to expanded exploration and territorial wars, as well as to a deeper sense of colonialism as each nationality adhering nominally to a denomination fought viciously to hold on to what it saw as rightfully its own.
The fallout of colonialism is still felt today in much of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Moreover, a divisive animosity remains between Catholic and Protestant groups, though this animosity is fading as the groups find that what they hold in common is far more compelling than what they stand apart in.
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I was doing an AP European History essay and I wrote the "The Catholic Reformation, also known as the Counter Reformation..." and my teacher told me it's not the same thing. Can anyone explain the differences?
The Counter Reformation is generally seen as the Roman Catholic reaction to the Protestant reformation; primarily via the Council of Trent (From 13 December, 1545, and concluding on 4 December, 1563). Trent is often referred to as the Counter Reformation Council.
From my research there is no one point in history that can be pointed to as the Catholic Reformation. The term Catholic Reformation is problematic in the sense the Catholic Church has been reforming itself since the beginning. Because men are in control of the Church, errors in practice and discipline have crept in at times over the centuries. The Catholic Church has since the beginning held Ecumenical Councils where leaders (bishops and cardinals) met to interpret God's will on faith, and morals. Each of these councils in essence reformed some aspect of the Church.
Examples: it was at the 1st Vatican Council(8 December, 1869, through 20 October, 1870) that the Roman Catholic Church declared that the Pope was infallible when speaking on faith and morals. Many in the Church viewed this as new - reformed doctrine; More recently with the Second Vatican Council (1962 - 1965) there were sweeping changes in liturgy and other issues. Now, over forty years later the Church of Rome is re-visiting those changes.
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Also apart of the question...In what ways was it a Catholic Reformation?
It was called the counter-Reformation by the Roman Catholics of the time. It was kicked off by the Council of Trent in 1546 in organized response to the reformations of Wittenberg, Zurich, and Geneva. The reformers (Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, the Anglicans, et al) galvanized and popularized religious observance among non-clergy people, and the Roman Church did a lot of the same things following the Council of Trent.
Well, I know that the Protestant Reformationw wanted to fix the errors of the church while the Ctaholic Reformation jsut wanted to fix its own errors in order to fix their religion. And I also know, that the Protestant Reformers wanted to take the clergy's power away and give it to the German prince's and get rid of serfdom. But I don't know anythign about the Catholic Reform..
sorry for the typos!
i mean alike and different not alike and similar lol...
I do not know
Well, I know that the Protestant Reformation wanted to fix the errors of the church while the Cahtolic Reformation just wanted to fix its own errors in order to fix their religion. And I also know, that the Protestant Reformers wanted to take the clergy's power away and give it to the German prince's and get rid of serfdom. But I don't know anythign about the Catholic Reform..
Once again, I apologize for the typos.
The term Catholic Reformation is problematic for several reasons. One must not assume that the Catholic Church engaged in reform only as a reaction to the protestant reformation. Cardinal Ximenes was engaged in reform in Spain prior to Luther’s program. John Wycliffe (1330-1384) and Jan Hus (1372-1415) dealt with many of the same issues that Luther addressed. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) also wrote against the Avignon Papacy. Additionally, the Council of Trent, the high-point of the Catholic Reformation, did not result in any significant changes to traditional Catholic doctrines.
Some have suggested that the term Catholic Reformation should refer to those aspects of the Catholic Church that were instituted to reform some problem areas within the church such as moral laxity and an uneducated clergy, but the term Counter-Reformation be used to describe actions that the Catholic Church took such as the Inquisition and the Index that were designed to squelch the Protestant Reformation
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