The Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) denotes the period of Catholic revival from the pontificate of Pope Pius IV in 1560 to the close of the Thirty Years' War, 1648.
The Catholic Reformation was a comprehensive effort, composed of five major elements:
1. Doctrine
2. Ecclesiastical or structural reconfiguration
3. Religious orders
4. Spiritual movements
5. Political dimensions
Such reforms included the foundation of seminaries for the proper training of priests in the spiritual life and the theological traditions of the Church, the reform of religious life by returning orders to their spiritual foundations, and new spiritual movements focusing on the devotional life and a personal relationship with Christ, including the Spanish mystics and the French school of spirituality.
It made the church reevaluate some of its practices. It caused the counter-reformation which I think was good for Europe and the church. I think some of the positive things that came from the Reformation, common people reading the bible, more lay involvement, and eventually less government-church imbrication in Catholic countries, were tremendously helpful to Europe.
No, not at all. On the contrary, the Protestant Reformation began the splintering of Christianity into the 1,500 factions and over 34,000 sub-sects that now exist. Christianity has become divisive and divided, and has relegated itself into one big joke of a religion. As a result, this particular religion will also be relegated to the trash bin of myth and folklore like so many other fraudulent religions before it.
Think about this: There are many Christians nowadays who scorn Catholicism as "UN-Christian." How weird is that?
like Vatican 2 or something much much earlier? i should prob know this Lil. but anyways if it is Vatican 2 then i say yes because it makes no sense to have mass in a language the people dint understand (even though Latin is really cool and i am studying it)
I do not believe it had such an impact on Roman Catholicism, but for sure it had huge impact on Christianity as whole. roman Catholicism practiced as before.There have been just some minor changes such as mass in the language understandable for congregation as opposed to Latin language, and some other changes that I think is too long to write about here.
the catholic church never gave in to change their teachings on faith or morals ,although corrupt with weak leaders the promise that Jesus gave that the gates of evil would never bring down his church has prevailed even up to this day
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Not to be cliche, (Lil, but I will) these two statements about sum up the state of the Catholic Church at the time of the reformation. The reformation introduced competition and thereby undermined the absolute power of the Catholic Church in Europe at the time. Even us Catholics, who are taught papal infallibility (but don't necessarily take it as Gospel), have to admit, the Church needed competition as a DE-corrupting influence. Ultimately, the usurping of power from the Church by the reformation saved the Church from itself. The United States dealt the final blow to excessive power by separating Church and state. This ultimately strengthens the Catholic Church by removing the temptation of excessive power. With its humbling, came spiritual refocus that has allowed the Church to develop a more Christ like zeitgeist that the newer Christianities often lack. So to sum it up, the reformation was the fire that refined the metal of the Church (gotta keep those cliches coming).
In retrospect, do you believe the Reformation had positive impact upon Roman Catholic
