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EncyclopediaCounter ReformationCounter Reformation, 16th-century reformation that arose largely in answer to the Protestant Reformation; sometimes called the Catholic Reformation. Although the Roman Catholic reformers shared the Protestants' revulsion at the corrupt conditions in the church, there was present none of the tradition breaking that characterized Protestantism. The Counter Reformation was led by conservative forces whose aim was both to reform the church and to secure the its traditions against the innovations of Protestant theology and against the more liberalizing effects of the Renaissance. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Counter Reformation from Infoplease:
- Counter Reformation: Phases of the Counter Reformation - Phases of the Counter Reformation In 1534, Paul III became pope, and St. Ignatius of Loyola and his ...
- Counter Reformation: Origins of the Counter Reformation - Origins of the Counter Reformation Since the time of St. Catherine of Siena (14th cent.) there had ...
- Counter Reformation: Bibliography - Bibliography See M. R. O'Connell, The Counter Reformation 1559–1610 (1974); J. C. Olin, ...
- Catholic Reformation - Reformation, Catholic: Reformation, Catholic: see Counter Reformation.
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