Counter-Reformation

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The Counter-Reformation was the Roman Catholic Church’s reform and revival movement in the 16th and 17th centuries that responded to Protestantism through doctrinal clarification, internal renewal, and efforts to reclaim followers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic reform movement
Catholic religious order
Catholic tribunal
censorship list
ecumenical council
historical period
religious movement
alternativeName Counter-Reformation
surface form: Catholic Reformation

Counter-Reformation
surface form: Catholic Revival
culturalImpact Baroque architecture
Baroque
surface form: Baroque art

Baroque music
definedDoctrine canon of Scripture
justification by faith and works
seven sacraments
transubstantiation
doctrinalEmphasis authority of Church tradition
authority of the pope
importance of the sacraments
role of good works in salvation
doctrinalOutcome clarification of Catholic teachings
rejection of Protestant doctrines
effect Catholic reconquest of parts of Central Europe
confessionalization of Europe
revival of Catholic piety
strengthening of papal authority
endTime 1563
17th century
founder Ignatius of Loyola
foundingDate 1540
geographicScope France
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Holy Roman Empire
Italy
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
surface form: Poland-Lithuania

Spain
hasCause Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation
importantFigure Saint Charles Borromeo
surface form: Charles Borromeo

Ignatius of Loyola
Philip Neri
Pope Paul III
Pope Pius V
Sixtus V
surface form: Pope Sixtus V

Teresa of Ávila
keyEvent Council of Trent
keyOrganization Society of Jesus
location Bologna
Trent
mainActivity education
missions
theological defense of Catholicism
mainGoal reaffirmation of Catholic doctrine
recovery of lost believers
reform of the Catholic Church
response to Protestantism
policyInstrument Index of Forbidden Books
Inquisition
surface form: Roman Inquisition
prescribedReform seminaries for priestly training
reformMeasure enforcement of episcopal residence
improvement of clerical education
moral discipline of clergy
reform of religious orders
standardization of liturgy
relatedConflict French Wars of Religion
Thirty Years' War
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholicism
startTime 1540
1545
timePeriod 16th century
17th century

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Ernst of Bavaria historicalPeriod Counter-Reformation
this entity surface form: Counter-Reformation era
Bernini’s colonnades associatedWith Counter-Reformation
Saint-Cyran partOf Counter-Reformation
this entity surface form: Catholic Reformation in France
University of Douai roleIn Counter-Reformation
this entity surface form: Catholic Reformation