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Definition of Counter reformation
1. Noun. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counter Reformation
Literary usage of Counter reformation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Europe in the Sixteenth Century, 1494-1598 by Arthur Henry Johnson (1903)
"None the less, a central point of interest is afforded us by the movement of the
Counter-Reformation, which affects all Europe and focuses the political ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The interests of the Counter-reformation in Germany were probably better served
... At the close of Maximilian's reign the Counter-reformation was ready for ..."
3. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"The interests of the Counter-reformation in Germany were probably better served
... At the close of Maximilian's reign the Counter-reformation was ready for ..."
4. The Reformation by Williston Walker (1900)
"THE COUNTER-REFORMATION. |T was pointed out, in speaking of the Spanish Awakening,
that the Reformation age beheld a struggle between two great types of ..."
5. The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith (1920)
"CHAPTER THE COUNTER-REFORMATION § 1. ITALY It is sometimes so easy to see, after
the event, things should have taken just the course they take, ..."
6. Periods of European History by Arthur Hassall (1894)
"CHAPTER III THE COUNTER-REFORMATION AND RELIGIOUS TROUBLES IN GERMANY Causes of
the Counter-Reformation — The weakness of Protestantism — The revival in the ..."
7. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"GOETZ, WALTER, Ph.D. Albert V. of Bavaria and the Counter-Reformation in Bavaria.
Balthazar of Dernbach and the Counter-Reformation in Fulda. ..."
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