Counter Reformation

A form of Counter-Reformation — The period of Roman Catholic revival that aimed to combat the Reformation; any of various specific strains of anti-Reformation thought and action.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Counter-Reformation.

    This tendency too was to play an important part in determining the emphasis of the papacy during the Counter Reformation.

    1968, William J. Bouwsma, Venice and the Defense of Republican Liberty: Renaissance Values in the Age of Counter Reformation, page 32
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    The scene was neighboring Sweden-Finland, which during the Counter Reformation era was ruled by Gustav Vasa’s gifted but somewhat erratic sons.

    1974, Marvin R. O’Connell, The Counter Reformation, 1559–1610, page 220

    This system has the purest Spanish pedigree and virtually no history at all before the period of the Counter Reformation.

    1981, H. W. Sullivan, Tirso de Molina and the Drama of the Counter Reformation, →ISBN, page 40
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