The Counter Reformation

[2ndGen]

:knight1: God’s Shield.

Are non-Catholic Christians taught about The Counter Reformation?

If not, why?

 

[paidion]

ok, I’ll bite…

Just what is the “Counter Reformation”? Are you referring to guys like Savonarola (sp?), et.al., or something else?

 

[SyCarl]

Yes we are taught about the Counter-Reformation, such as the founding of the Jesuits, the Council of Trent with its many canons and pastoral reforms. I have read a lot of the records from Trent.

 

[2ndGen]

Thank you SyCarl.

Paidon,

The Catholic church was not caught unawares by the Reformation.

It had been steadily battling opposition, resistance, and heresy for over four hundred years; much of the opposition against the church throughout the fifteenth century involved issues that closely paralleled those splitting the church in half during the early Reformation.

In answer to the growth of the Protestant movement, the Catholic Church instituted its own series of reforms that balanced real reform with a strident and conservative reaction to Protestantism.

This movement was called the Counter-Reformation.

wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/COUNTER.HTM

 

[paidion]

Thank you SyCarl.

Paidon,

The Catholic church was not caught unawares by the Reformation.

… hence my reference to Savonarola, (among others)…

 

[puzzleannie]

church history including the counter-reformation is generally taught in 8th grade and 11th grade Catholic school texts. whether anyone listens is another question.

 

[bengal_fan]

:knight1: God’s Shield.

Are non-Catholic Christians taught about The Counter Reformation?

If not, why?

now this is a good question!

not many are taught about it. it wasn’t really considered “counter” since it did not address all of the concerns of the original reformers.

some protestants have studied it, but not through their churches i’m sure.

 

[ibkc]

I was taught about the Counter-Reformation in my secular private school, around the fifth or sixth grade, I think. I was not taught about it in the Episcopal church I attended in my early teens.

 

[2ndGen]

now this is a good question!

not many are taught about it. it wasn’t really considered “counter” since it did not address all of the concerns of the original reformers.

some protestants have studied it, but not through their churches i’m sure.

I believe with all my heart that if Protestants were to study history on their own out of their own interest, those with honest hearts could not claim that they were not Catholics because The Church was this or The Church was that.

I believe that if they remained Protestant, misindoctrination would not be the reason and that their reasons for not being Catholic Christians would be based on their love for their church.

I don’t wish all Protestants would become Catholic, I just wish that they all knew The Truth about The History of The Catholic Church. They don’t have to be Catholics to have an honest opinion on us.

I believe that they have their own brand of richness that adds to Christianity, no doubt, but I also “know” (objectively speaking) that they are missing out on a lot of the richness of “our” (collectively speaking including them with us) faith.