SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Counter-Reformation, or Catholic Reformation, In Roman Catholicism, efforts in the 16th and early 17th centuries to oppose the Protestant Reformation and reform the Catholic church. Early efforts grew out of criticism of the worldliness and corruption of the papacy and clergy during the Renaissance.

Detailed explanation-2: -Counter Reformation | PBS. Throughout the middle ages the Catholic Church sunk deeper into a pit of scandal and corruption. By the 1520s, Martin Luther’s ideas crystallized opposition to the Church, and Christian Europe was torn apart. In response, the Catholic Church set in motion the counter-reformation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reformation. noun. (16th century) religious movement to reform the Catholic Church and resulting in the formation of Protestant churches. separatist.