HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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What is the name of the effort by the Catholic Church to defeat Protestantism?
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The Reformation
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The counter-reformation
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The Inqusition
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The Enlightenment
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Counter-Reformation, also called Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival, in the history of Christianity, the Roman Catholic efforts directed in the 16th and early 17th centuries both against the Protestant Reformation and toward internal renewal.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
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