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Counter Reformation

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Coun·ter Reformation  (kountr)
n.
A reform movement within the Roman Catholic Church that arose in 16th-century Europe in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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Noun1.Counter Reformation - the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected); many leaders were Jesuits
religious movement - a movement intended to bring about religious reforms


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Inspired by Counter Reformation zeal, the establishment of the Guarani Missions in the early 1600s was one of the most noteworthy efforts of the Jesuits in the New World.
The Guarani under Spanish Rule in the Rio de la Plata by Cooney, Jerry W. / Journal of Social History
In this respect, the Counter Reformation in Milan in the later sixteenth century was dominated by the ideas and teachings of Cardinal Carlo Borromeo (see Lewis Lockwood, The Counter-Reformation and the Masses of Vincenzo Ruffo [1970]).
The Sounds of Milan: 1585-1650 by Kidger, David / Renaissance Quarterly
These "Forgotten Centuries" of foreign domination, economic crises, the Counter Reformation, and the Enlightenment were also centuries of important public and private artistic patronage.
The Oxford History of Italy by Proctor, Robert E. / Commonweal
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