The Counter-Reformation was a religious and political movement that…
A. worked to spread the ideas and teachings of John Calvin across Europe.
B. worked to spread the ideas and teachings of Martin Luther across Europe.
C. involved the creation of new practices and policies in the Catholic Church.
D. involved the creation of new practices and policies in the Protestant Church.
Answer: C. involved the creation of new practices and policies in the Catholic Church.
The Counter-Reformation was a church move within the Roman Catholic Church established in the 16th century, and initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation. Its main objective was to reform and rejuvenate Catholic church as Protestant reformers had raised many accusations against it. Different from the Council of Trent and the new policies, which were formed by the Jesuits, the Catholic doctrine of the Counter-Reformation was reinforced and structured. Its primary goal was to bring back Catholics to Catholicism, through clarifying and reaffirming tracks within the Church, as well as corruption and abuses within the Church, and most importantly stemming the spread of Protestantism all over Europe. The Counter-Reformation did not solely concentrate on the production of the fixtures of the Protestant Church, as the choices A, B, and D specified.