WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Jesuits helped carry out two major objectives of the Counter-Reformation: Catholic education and missionary work. The Jesuits established numerous schools and universities throughout Europe, helping to maintain the relevance of the Catholic church in increasingly secular and Protestant societies.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Counter-Reformation, a movement within the Roman Catholic Church to reform and revive itself. Improved training and education for some Roman Catholic priests. The end of the sale of indulgences. Protestant worship services in the local language rather than Latin.

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: -Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) was a leader of the Spanish Reformation. He founded the Society of Jesus, a religious order better known as the Jesuits, and wrote the Spiritual Exercises to guide the prayer life and spiritual formation of monks who entered the order.