COUNTER REFORMATION 1530s-1648

The Catholic Church’s Response

COUNTER REFORMATION =

Society of Jesus or Jesuits (missionaries)

Inquisition (Church court to punish Protestant heretics)

No more indulgences

Stop the spread of Protestantism:

THE INQUISITION:• 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 _______________________________________________.

THE INDEX:

• The Index was a list of books that _____________ person wasn’t

• Publeshed in___________ by ________________.

• The Index was divided into 3 parts:

Council of Trent (1545-1563)

• Pope Paul III brought church leaders together in Trent to resolve some of the questions.

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:• ______________________________• ______________________________• ______________________________

Stop the spread of Protestantism

• Peace of Augsburg in 1555 – Set aside Catholic Europe and Lutheran

Europe

• Officially recognized the Lutheran church and allowed Protestant princes to pick the religion of their subjects

• Whose the land, gives the religion.

Stop the spread of Protestantismcontinued

• Peace of Westphalia in 1648– Ended 30 years of war between Catholics and

Protestants (30 Years’ War)– Set boundaries between Catholic and

Protestant countries

Baroque Art – 1600-1750

Italy, Flanders (Flemish)/North Germany, Spain,

France •The name is derived from Baroque pearls – pearls with unusual, odd shapes

•Compared to Renaissance art, it was considered to be – “over-dramatic” – The architecture, “overly decorated”.

• Gigantic religious works to display their faith’s and to overwhelm and attract new worshippers