Jean Marie Joly

Toward the latter part of the 17th century, Pope Innocent XI reformed abuses that were
occurring in the Church's hierarchy, including simony, nepotism and the lavish papal
expenditures that had caused him to inherit a large papal debt. He promoted missionary
activity, tried to unite Europe against the Turkish invasion, prevented influential Catholic
rulers (including the Holy Roman Emperor) from marrying Protestants but strongly
condemned religious persecution

Jean Marie Joly Bio :The Council of Trent (1545–1563) became the driving force
behind the Counter-Reformation. Doctrinally, it reaffirmed central Catholic teachings
such as transubstantiation, and the requirement for love and hope as well as faith to attain
salvation. It also made structural reforms, most importantly by improving the education
of the clergy and laity and consolidating the central jurisdiction of the Roman Curia. To
popularize Counter-Reformation teachings, the Church encouraged the Baroque style in
art, music and architecture, and new religious orders were founded such as the Theatines
and the Barnabites in which were established the "evangelistic zeal of the original
monastic vocation."

Jean Marie Joly Info

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest
Christian church, with more than a billion members. Its leader is the Pope who holds
supreme authority in concert with the College of Bishops of which he is the head. A
communion of the Western church and 22 Eastern Catholic churches, it comprised a total
of 2,795 dioceses in 2008. The Church defines its mission as spreading the gospel of
Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity. It operates social
programs and institutions throughout the world including schools, universities, hospitals,
missions, shelters and charities

Jean Marie Joly : Catholic beliefs are summarized in the Nicene Creed and detailed in
the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Based on the promises of Christ in the Gospels,
the Church believes that it is continually guided by the Holy Spirit and so protected
infallibly from falling into doctrinal error. The Catholic Church teaches that the Holy
Spirit reveals God's truth through Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition and the
Magisterium. Sacred Scripture consists of the 73 book Catholic Bible. This is made up of
the 46 books found in the ancient Greek version of the Old Testament—known as the
Septuagint—and the 27 New Testament writings first found in the Codex Vaticanus
Graecus 1209 and listed in Athanasius' Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter.

Jean Marie Joly The Catholic Church holds that there is one eternal God, who exists as a
mutual indwelling of three persons: God the Father; God the Son; and the Holy Spirit,
which make up the Trinity. Catholic belief holds that the Church "... is the continuing
presence of Jesus on earth." To Catholics, the term "Church" refers to the people of God,
who abide in Christ and who, "... nourished with the Body of Christ, become the Body of
Christ." The Church teaches that the fullness of the "means of salvation" exists only in
the Catholic Church but acknowledges that the Holy Spirit can make use of Christian
communities separated from itself to bring people to salvation. It teaches that anyone who
is saved is saved indirectly through the Church if the person has invincible ignorance of
the Catholic Church and its teachings (as a result of parentage or culture, for example),
yet follows the morals God has dictated in his heart and would, therefore, join the Church
if he understood its necessity. It teaches that Catholics are called by the Holy Spirit to
work for unity among all Christians.

Jean Marie Joly Bio The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is
the world's largest Christian church, with more than a billion members. Its leader is the
Pope who holds supreme authority in concert with the College of Bishops of which he is
the head. A communion of the Western church and 22 Eastern Catholic churches, it
comprised a total of 2,795 dioceses in 2008. The Church defines its mission as spreading
the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity. It
operates social programs and institutions throughout the world including schools,
universities, hospitals, missions, shelters and charities

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