The Catholic Reformation

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The Catholic Reformation
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The Jesuits

• Created the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)
• 1540 10 members
• 1640 15,000 members

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Ignatius of Loyola

• 1521 wounded in battle
• Began reading Christian writings
• Became a devout Catholic

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Ignatius of Loyola

• Became a soldier of Christ
• Jesuits believed Protestants had been disobedient
• Good Catholics were disciplined and obedient

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The Jesuits

• Became missionaries
• Asia, India, Latin America
• Became educators

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The Council of Trent

• Met over an 18 year time period
• War, plague, political interruptions

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The Council of Trent

• What types of reforms did the Council want for
  the Church?

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The Council of Trent

• Forbade the selling of church offices (simony)

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The Council of Trent

• Re-affirmed all Catholic beliefs
• Good works
• Seven sacraments
• Clerical celibacy
• Granting indulgences
• (remember, the Protestants changed all of this in
  their new religion)

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The Council of Trent

• The Roman Inquisition
• Placed heretics on trial

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Art within the Reformation..