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The Catholic Church Fights
Back
In this lesson, students will be able to
define the following terms:
Catholic Counter Reformation
Council of Trent
Inquisition
Heresy
Jesuits
Thirty Years War
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The Protestant Reformation seriously
weakened 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 Roman
Catholic
Church tried
to limit
the spread
of
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 Council
of Trent
ended the
sale 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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Heretics
were
tortured
and
sometimes
killed.
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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 Loyola
founded a
new Catholic
order to
spread
Catholic
beliefs.
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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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Germany
and the
Netherlands
became
involved
in a series
of bloody
wars.
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Western
Europe was
no longer
predominantly
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?
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