THE CATHOLIC

REFORMATION
(Counter-Reformation)
 WHAT IS IT?
A movement in the Catholic Church to:

______________

____________________________
 WHY?
Every action has a _____________!!!

What was the Catholic Church

responding to?
 REFORM FROM THE POPE

POPE
INFALLIBLE

His word is RIGHT and FINAL!!!

 REFORM FROM THE POPE
1) POPE PAUL III
► Ended the selling of ____________
► Approved the Jesuit Order
► Used the _______________ to
punish heresy
► Called together the
COUNCIL OF TRENT
 THE INQUISITION
• An worldwide organization that used
persuasion and torture to [re]convert
people to Catholicism (Protestants,
Jews, Muslims, etc.)

• Estimates of the death toll during the

Inquisition worldwide range from
600,000 to as high as 9,000,000 (over
its 250 year long course).
Inquisition “Persuasion”
Inquisition “Persuasion”
Inquisition “Persuasion”
 REFORM FROM THE POPE
2) POPE PAUL IV
► Made the:
_____________________________
-Books thought dangerous to the
faith

► ALL offensive books

were destroyed
 WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
____________ of Loyola
► Wrote _______________
- a spiritual guide of prayer/study

► Gathered a following of
people called _____________
- AKA The Society of Jesus
- Concentrated on 3 main activities
 JESUITS
1) ________________

2) __________________

3) ____________________________
 THE COUNCIL OF TRENT
► Decided the __________ of the
Catholic Church

► ONLY the Church could interpret the Bible

► Faith AND GOOD WORKS = Salvation!

(MARTIN LUTHER = Just Faith)

► Bible and Church traditions were EQUAL

► The selling of indulgences is BANNED

Legacy of the Reformation