1. The Catholic Reformation

2. What is it???? When did it happen????
Vigorous reform movement within the Catholic Church.
When did it happen????
1530s-1540s
What happened????
Pope set out to revive moral authority of the Catholic Church
Appointed reformers to end corruption

3. Council of Trent: 1545 Council established to direct reform
Reaffirmed traditional Catholic views
Salvation comes through faith and good works
Bible is major source but not only source of religious truth
Steps to end church abuses
Provided stiff penalties for worldliness and corruption
Established schools to create better-educated clergy

4. The Inquisition Court set up during the Middle Ages to root out HERESY
Pope Paul strengthens Inquisition to fight Protestantism
Created list of books too immoral or irreligious for Catholics to read

5. The Jesuits -Ignatius of Loyola
Strict program of spiritual and moral discipline
Goal: Defend and spread Catholic faith
Jesuits became advisors to Catholic rulers to help combat heresy
Missionaries spread the Catholic faith to far away lands

6. Teresa of Avila Est. her own order of nuns; very strict practice
Lived in Isolation, eating & sleeping very little; dedicated themselves fully to the faith
Canonized by the Church

7. Legacy of the Catholic Reformation
Majority of Europe remain Catholic
Achieved some conversion – from Protestant back to Catholic
Charity flourished & church abuses reduced
Protestantism gained strong foothold on continent
Religious conflict still plays part in Europe