The Catholic Church’s Response COUNTER REFORMATION The Catholic Church’s Response

COUNTER REFORMATION = The reform movement within the church whose goals were to get rid of abuses and return to traditional Catholic beliefs. In other words… the Catholic Church tries to fix itself.

THE INQUISITION: spread of Protestantism heretics Courts set up to stop ____________________________________. Purpose was to punish ______________, who were people ________________________________________________________. Reorganized in the year ___________ by _______________________. Used four methods to discourage those who went against the Church: ___________________ In addition to Protestants, _____________ and _____________ were also tried. If found guilty, heretics were either ______________ or ____________. HERESY is _______________________________________________. spread of Protestantism heretics whose beliefs were different than the church 1542 Pope Paul III investigators trials prisons torture Jews Muslims tortured killed any belief that goes against the belief of the church

THE INDEX: PROHIBITED: Martin Luther Catholic supposed to read 1559 The Index was a list of books that no _____________ person was _____________________________________. Published in the year ___________ by ________________. Included on the list were: __________________________________________ The Index was divided into 3 parts: __________________________________________________ Catholic supposed to read 1559 Pope Paul IV Martin Luther's works translations of the Bible names of writers who were heretics titles of books against Catholic beliefs anonymous works

all the teachings of the church THE COUNCIL OF TRENT: Meetings set up in the year __________ by ________________________. Set up so that bishops and cardinals could review and think about _______________________________________________________________. The council met _________ times between 1545 and 1563. At first, they wanted to _____________________ with Protestants. When that didn’t work, they worked to eliminate ______________________ in the church. The council abolished the sale of __________________________ and made ______________ that priests had to follow. Said the ___________________ is the head of the Church and he is the only one who can _______________________________________. 1545 Pope Paul III all the teachings of the church 25 compromise existing problems indulgences rules Pope interpret the Bible

reform their church from within REFORMING ORDERS: Groups of missionaries begun by Catholics who believed it was important to ____________________________________________. Most important group was the _____________________________________ Priests were known as ____________________. Founded in the year _____________ by _______________________________ Very successful in stopping Protestantism because of their dedication to: ______________________________ reform their church from within Society of Jesus Jesuits 1534 Ignatius of Loyola education missionary work helping the poor

What Would a CATHOLIC Have to Say About _________________________ What Would a CATHOLIC Have to Say About _________________________ ? (choose from one of the 4 areas discussed)

What Would a PROTESTANT Have to Say About _____________________ What Would a PROTESTANT Have to Say About _____________________? (choose from one of the 4 areas discussed)