1. The Counter Reformation
Dubbs World
January 6, 2015

2. Warm Up
January 8, 2015
What complaints did protestants have about the Roman Catholic Church?
What changes did each of the four key protestant groups make?

3. Table of Contents Ren Art Characteristics Humanism
Reformation Guiding Questions
Protestant Denominations
The Reformation Continues BW
Counter-Reformation Notes

4. Warm Up
Get out a loose leaf sheet of paper and label and title it with the date and page number.
(39) Counter-Reformation Notes 1/8/15

5. Reforming the Catholic Church
Counter-Reformation
The Catholic Church’s series of reforms in response to the spread of Protestantism in the mid-1500’s to the early 1600’s.

6. The Counter Reformation
The Church had two tactics:
Reform the Church from Within
Council of Trent
Stop the Spread of Protestantism
Water Torture during the Inquisition

7. Early Reformers Girolamo Savonarola
Monk who tried to change the church from within. “Bonfire of the Vanities”
Excommunicated and Executed in Florence.

8. Religious Orders Jesuits
“Society of Jesus”
Renewed church’s emphasis of spirituality and service.
Founded by Ignatius of Loyola
Basque Nobleman and former soldier.
Concentrated on education as a means of combating the Protestant Reformation.

9. What does this quote by Loyola mean?
“We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.”

10. Warm Up
1/12/15
What was the Council of Trent and why was it held?

11. Council of Trent

12. The Council of Trent 1545-1563 Lutheran Complaints
Stance by Council of Trent
“By faith alone the just shall live” and go to heaven
Denied the Lutheran idea of justification by faith. They affirmed, in other words, their Doctrine of Merit, which allows human beings to redeem themselves through Good Works, and through the sacraments.
Denied purgatory and legitimacy of indulgences
Affirmed the existence of Purgatory and the usefulness of prayer and indulgences in shortening a person's stay in purgatory.

13. The Council of Trent 1545-1563 Lutheran Complaints
Stance by Council of Trent
No miracle in communion, only 3 sacraments kept
Reaffirmed the belief in transubstantiation and the importance of all seven sacraments
Authority in Scripture alone
Reaffirmed the authority of both scripture and the teachings and traditions of the Church
Religious art seen as symbolic, not divine
Reaffirmed the necessity and correctness of religious art, while asserting that it was not divine

14. Contemporary Ties
What are contemporary complaints about the Roman Catholic Church?
How can individuals respond?
How can the Roman Catholic Church respond?

15. The Inquisitions Two different Inquisitions:
Roman Inquisition (1542)
Spanish Inquisition (1478)
The Roman Inquisition tried people for:
Being Protestant
Witchcraft
Breaking with Church Law

16. Spanish Inquisition Tried to convert:
Jews
Muslims
Protestants
Many accounts of torture and executions!
Index of Forbidden Books= censorship

17. Expulsion of Jews and Muslims
Spain gives these groups of people three options.
(1) CONVERT to Christianity
(2) GET OUT of Spain
(3) DIE
Jews segregated to ghettos in other countries like France, England and Netherlands
Ghettos- walled sections of the city and their gates closed at a certain time each evening.

18. Expulsion of Jews

19. Warm Up
1/13/15
What was the inquisition and why was it used?

20. The Protestant Reformation’s Long Term Effects

21. Changes in Religion
Jesuits bring many back to the Catholic Church, and renew the doctrines of the Catholic Church.
New denominations form because reformers interpret the Bible differently

22. Political Effects
States and businesses want Separation of Church and State

23. Europe in 1555

24. Based on the divisions on the preceding map, can you predict what will happen in Europe next?
Massive bloodshed and warfare as members of the different religions battle with each other.

25. Conflicts among Germans
Peasants War is stirred by Renaissance and Reformation ideas.
Luther is connected with this revolt even though he denounces it.
Local Lutheran Princes go to war with Holy Roman Emperor.
Peace of Augsburg (1555) Each prince can choose the religion that his subjects would practice.

26. Conflicts between Religions
Conflicts between Catholic faith and Protestant faith in France.
In 1598, the Edict of Nantes granted religious freedom to French Protestants.
Fighting between Catholics and Protestants continues especially in England with Henry VIII children and later on…