Counter-Reformation

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/counter-reformation

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What was the Counter-Reformation?The Counter-Reformation was a big change inside the Catholic Church that started in the early 1500s. It helped the Church fix problems, explain its beliefs more clearly, and become stronger again.
2. Why did the Catholic Church hold the Council of Trent?The Council of Trent was held to answer questions from Protestants and to make new rules for how the Church should teach and behave. It set clear ideas about faith, good works, and the seven sacraments.

Papal Authority: The supreme power and jurisdiction of the Pope as the head of the Catholic Church.
Orthodoxy: Conformity to established doctrine or belief, especially in religion.
Transubstantiation: The Catholic doctrine that the bread and wine of the Eucharist become the actual body and blood of Christ.