The Jesuits served the necessities of the Church, doing and traveling wherever the She needed them. The Spiritual Exercises by Saint Ignatius and The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis strongly influenced the missionary work that the Jesuits performed (Connor). Ignatius’s main reason for starting the Jesuits and all the Jesuits’ main principle was to bring souls to Christ through the Catholic Church by the “ministry of the word, by spiritual exercises, by works of charity, and expressly by the instruction in Christianity of children and the uneducated” (Ryan). Jesuits opened schools and colleges where Bishops ordered them in order to build strong Catholic laity (Connor). Teaching was a primary work of the Jesuits, and they were well educated
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A catechism was written after the council concerning everything Catholics needed to know about their faith (Rasmussen). This catechism allowed the faithful to fully know their Faith. Knowing their faith, Catholics were able to more adequately defend Catholicism against attacks. In addition, the Bishops in the council acknowledged the Latin Vulgate written by Saint Jerome as the correct version of the Bible (The Council of Trent). This decision, in addition to the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, told the faithful which books to read and which not to read in order to not read heretical or ill-translated books (Schlumpf). Other effects of the council were that many abuses ended and bishops, priests, and nuns were well trained in the spiritual life and well educated; often, they were the most well educated (Rasmussen). Because of this, “Catholics could be proud of their leaders” (Ibid). Moreover, bishops became more centralized, focusing on only one diocese, and had more legal power over religious orders (Ibid). The decision and decrees of the Council of Trent built the Catholic Church and made her healthier and stronger …show more content…
He, however, went too far in his reformation and broke away from the Church. The Catholic Church countered Luther and the Protestant reformers mainly through the passionate Baroque style, the Jesuits’ evangelization, and the reforming ecumenical Council of Trent (“Baroque Art”; Rasmussen). The Jesuits were most significant in that they evangelized and proclaimed the Catholic Faith all over the world. This made the entire world able to partake in the salvation found in the Catholic Church. The Counter-Reformation was established to counter the erroneous beliefs of the protestants (Pollen). The Catholic Church strengthened the Church and sought to convert the protestants (Ibid; HIST333). Pollen excellently sum up the incredibleness the Catholic Counter-Reformation: “What was not ordinary, what was on the contrary one of the strangest things in the history of the world, was the display of life and vigour which had been given by the Church just when she seemed to be about to fall behind, and to be beaten out of the field by her rivals. Under such circumstances the Counter-Reformation may be regarded as one of the most striking proofs of the inherent vitality of the Church which Providence has ever
A catechism was written after the council concerning everything Catholics needed to know about their faith (Rasmussen). This catechism allowed the faithful to fully know their Faith. Knowing their faith, Catholics were able to more adequately defend Catholicism against attacks. In addition, the Bishops in the council acknowledged the Latin Vulgate written by Saint Jerome as the correct version of the Bible (The Council of Trent). This decision, in addition to the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, told the faithful which books to read and which not to read in order to not read heretical or ill-translated books (Schlumpf). Other effects of the council were that many abuses ended and bishops, priests, and nuns were well trained in the spiritual life and well educated; often, they were the most well educated (Rasmussen). Because of this, “Catholics could be proud of their leaders” (Ibid). Moreover, bishops became more centralized, focusing on only one diocese, and had more legal power over religious orders (Ibid). The decision and decrees of the Council of Trent built the Catholic Church and made her healthier and stronger …show more content…
He, however, went too far in his reformation and broke away from the Church. The Catholic Church countered Luther and the Protestant reformers mainly through the passionate Baroque style, the Jesuits’ evangelization, and the reforming ecumenical Council of Trent (“Baroque Art”; Rasmussen). The Jesuits were most significant in that they evangelized and proclaimed the Catholic Faith all over the world. This made the entire world able to partake in the salvation found in the Catholic Church. The Counter-Reformation was established to counter the erroneous beliefs of the protestants (Pollen). The Catholic Church strengthened the Church and sought to convert the protestants (Ibid; HIST333). Pollen excellently sum up the incredibleness the Catholic Counter-Reformation: “What was not ordinary, what was on the contrary one of the strangest things in the history of the world, was the display of life and vigour which had been given by the Church just when she seemed to be about to fall behind, and to be beaten out of the field by her rivals. Under such circumstances the Counter-Reformation may be regarded as one of the most striking proofs of the inherent vitality of the Church which Providence has ever