What did the Counter Reformation seek to reform about the music of the church?
The Counter Reformation, also known as the Catholic Reformation, was about a hundred year period in Europe that aimed towards a resurgence of the Catholic Church in a new light that would draw followers and the faithful back to the heart of the church.
What were the religious and social effects of the Counter Reformation?
What were some of the effects of the Counter-Reformation on European society? Protestant groups develop. Church leaders reformed the Catholic Church. Anti-Semitism increased and religious conflicts spread across Europe.
What did the Catholic Church do to stop the spread of Protestantism?
The Catholic Church used the Jesuits to stop the spread of Protestantism. The Jesuits would establish missions, school, and universities to help combat the spread of Protestantism. They created schools that could better educate priests.
What were the political effects of Catholic decline?
Both the Catholic Church and other denominations began placing more emphasis on the role of education, for example the founding of the Jesuit Order. The political effects of the reformation resulted in the decline of the Catholic Church’s moral and political authority and gave monarchs and states more power.
What was the Catholic church like before the Reformation?
Before the Reformation, all Christians living in Western Europe were part of the Roman Catholic Church. This was led by the Pope, based in Rome. The Church was extremely rich and powerful. In church, services were held in Latin.
Why are people unhappy with church?
Some people were unhappy as they believed the church was too wealthy and too powerful. The problems in the church were known as abuses.
What were Luther’s criticisms of the Catholic Church?
Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God’s punishment for sin could be purchased with money, proposing an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his Ninety-five Theses of 1517.
Why did Henry VIII not like the Pope?
The Pope did not want to give Henry VIII a divorce from Catherine, despite lots of pressure from England. Henry VIII was desperate to marry someone else. Some of Henry’s advisors were secretly Protestants and they convinced him to ignore the Pope and that he had good reasons to divorce Catherine.