HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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The Anglican Church was founded as an alternative to the Protestant Church.
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The Council of Trent was formed to put Martin Luther on trial for selling indulgences.
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The Inquisition was ended because members of the Catholic Church were being found guilty of too many religious crimes.
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The Council of Trent was formed to reaffirm Catholic beliefs and end abuses in the Catholic Church in order to challenge the spread of Protestantism.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Council of Trent was the formal Roman Catholic reply to the doctrinal challenges of the Protestant Reformation . It served to define Catholic doctrine and made sweeping decrees on self-reform, helping to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church in the face of Protestant expansion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Selected Outcomes of the Council of Trent: They reaffirmed the belief in transubstantiation and the importance of all seven sacraments. They reaffirmed the authority of both scripture the teachings and traditions of the Church. They reaffirmed the necessity and correctness of religious art (see below)
Detailed explanation-3: -The Catholic Church eliminated the sale of indulgences and other abuses that Luther had attacked. Catholics also formed their own Counter-Reformation that used both persuasion and violence to turn back the tide of Protestantism.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Catholic Church was facing the crisis of the Protestant Reformation when the Jesuits were founded.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Reformation led to the reformulation of certain basic tenets of Christian belief and resulted in the division of Western Christendom between Roman Catholicism and the new Protestant traditions.