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The Catholic Reformation

• Chapter 12
• Section2
• Pgs. 334-339

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• Standards
• 7.9.5 Analyze how the Counter-Reformation
  revived the Catholic Church.
• 7.9.6 Understand how Catholicism spread around
  the world.
• 7.9.7 Describe the time in Spanish history when
  Jews and Muslims cooperated and how that time
  ended.
• Objective
• To learn about and demonstrate understanding of
  the concepts of the Reformation of Christianity
  including the good bad of the Catholic Church
  and new religions that sprouted during this time.

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What is the CATHOLIC REFORMATION?

• The effort to reform (change) the Catholic Church
  from within.
• Basically the Catholic Church was putting itself
  through rehab in order to save what power they
  still had.

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SpainHIGHLY Catholic!

• Catholic supporters were working to save the
  Catholic Church stop the spread of
  Protestantism.
• Why would this idea be popular in Spain?
• It is in Southern Europe (near Rome)
• Had been working to become Catholic ONLY for 100s
  of years

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What was going on in Spain?

• Was at one time home to 3 main religions
• Christianity (Catholic)
• Jewish
• Islam

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Everything was going fine

• Cooperation between religions led to peace
  prosperity for all
• People shared ideas culture
• New art, literature, philosophy, mathematics
  science

GOLDEN AGE!!!
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Why did things change?

• Catholic rulers began to fear the other religions
• Worked to get rid of them RELIGIOUS WARS
• 1492 the Monarchy defeated last of Spanish
  Muslims
• Ordered to convert to Catholicism or leave kingdom

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The SPANISH INQUISITION

• Members of the Catholic Church who were sent to
  find punish any Jewish or Muslim people still
  in Spain
• Even converts were punished for holding on to
  their past beliefs

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Christians were NOT safe

• Protestants were punished because they were not
  Catholic
• Also attacked Catholics who helped those being
  punished

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Church is STRONG in Spain

• Protestantism didnt have a chance to take off in
  Spain

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So, how would the Catholic Church win back the
rest of Europe?

• New religious orders
• Change church policies
• Stop spread of Protestant teachings

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Why new RELIGIOUS ORDERS?

• New rules, a new face for Catholic Church

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Jesuits or Society of Jesus

• Founded by Ignatius of Loyola was a noble
  soldier
• Created to serve the pope the Church
• Were basically warriors for God the Church

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What were the GOALS of the Jesuits?

• Teach about Catholic ideas
• Hoped Catholic education would turn people
  against Protestantism

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Ursuline Order

• Founded by Angela Merici
• For girls ONLYWHY?

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GOALS for the Ursulines?

• To educate about the Catholic Church
• Catholic education would changes peoples minds

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Changing Church Policies

• Council of Trent
• Catholic leaders brought together to discuss,
  debate (hopefully) reform or change the
  Catholic Church
• Met 3 times between 1545 1563
• Still thought it was important for the clergy to
  help Christians interpret the Bible
• Bishops had to live where they ruledhad to live
  by their own policies

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Fighting against the spread of Protestantism

• Some didnt think these reforms were enough to
  conquer Protestantism
• Thought Protestants were HERETICS who should be
  punished

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What would the Pope do?

• Religious courts in Italy to punish
• Declared some books TOO DANGEROUS and had them
  banned
• Reading banned books excommunication

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The Role of Missionaries

• Missionaries dedicate lives to the spread of
  religious ideas
• Catholic missionaries sent to areas which are
  non-Catholic they had to convert people there
• Many were Jesuits
• Many, many sent out
• China
• Africa
• The Americas

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Francis Xavier

• Travelled throughout Asia
• Brought Catholicism to Japan India

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Checking for Understanding!!!