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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

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