Catholic Church and the Counter Reformation

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Council of Trent

Baroque and the counter Reformation

Ignatius Loyola

Bonus

Lectures and Objectives

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Anathema is a curse and you can not work your way to heaven

Sacraments were very important

Affirmation the foundation of there religion is Scripture and so is tradition well as magisterium.

Quality of Priests had to increase and they would have Seminaries.

Leaders of the church would get together and try to fix things.

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St. Ignatius Loyola was born in 1491, one of 13 children of a family of minor nobility in northern Spain.

in 1521 Ignatius was gravely wounded in a battle with the French. While recuperating, Ignatius Loyola experienced a conversion.

He was a knight

Ignatius realized that these feelings were clues to God’s direction for him.

Ignatius of Loyola, venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest

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The later Baroque style was termed Rococo , a style characterized by increasingly decorative and elaborate works.

The Baroque style is characterized by exaggerated motion and clear detail used to produce drama, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture , painting, architecture, literature, dance, and music.

Famous painters of the Baroque era include Rubens, Caravaggio, and Rembrandt. In music, the Baroque style makes up a large part of the classical canon, such as Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi.

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The Catholic Church responded to the Protestant movement with the Counter Reformation.

The Council of Trent (1545-1563) examined how the Catholic Church would reform for the better. It played a vital role in revitalizing the Roman Catholic Church in many parts of Europe.

The Catholic Church formed a new order called the Jesuits led by Ignatius Loyola and emphasized education.

The baroque art, music, and architecture style was adopted by the Catholic Church to bring out the strong emotions of the Christian faith.