Question

What was the catholic churches response to the reformation?

Answer 1

Which reformation we talking about?

Answer 2

The Protestant Reformation

Answer 3

Oh, Ok thx

Answer 4

yep

Answer 5

This is a long one so I decided to look it up, at Answers.com we get this :
The Protestant Reformation, and other new branches of the Church, brought the Church to reform itself in the Council of Trent.
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Roman Catholic Answer The Church didn't need to defend Herself. What she needed to do was to try and save the poor souls who were being led away from the Church by the evil one. God sent numerous saints during this period, which is called the Counter-reformation by secular scholars. Please note that there are no new "branches" to the Church. Our Blessed Lord only founded One Church, the Catholic Church, on the Apostle Peter, and his successors. He said that it would remain One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic until the end of the world, by definition, it can have no "branches", it is the Mystical Body of Our Blessed Lord.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

A period of Catholic revival from 1522 to about 1648, better know as the Catholic Reform. It was an effort to stem the tide of Protestantism by genuine reform within the Catholic Church. There were political movements pressured by civil rules, and ecclesiastical movements carried out by churchmen in an attempt to restore genuine Catholic life by establishing new religious orders such as the Society of Jesus and restoring old orders to their original observances, such as the Carmelites under St. Teresa of Avila (1515-98). The main factors responsible for the Counter Reformation, however, were the papacy and the council of Trent (1545-63). Among church leaders St. Charles Borromeo (1538-84), Archbishop of Milan, enforced the reforms decreed by the council, and St. Francis de Sales of Geneva (1567-1622) spent his best energies in restoring genuine Catholic doctrine and piety. Among civil rulers sponsoring the needed reform were Philip II of Spain (1527-98) and Mary Tudor (1516-58), his wife, in England. Unfortunately this aspect of the reformation led to embitterment between England and Scotland, England and Spain, Poland and Sweden, and to almost two centuries of religious wars. As a result of the Counter Reformation, the Catholic Church became stronger in her institutional structure, more dedicated to the work of evangelization, and more influential in world affairs.

Answer 6

Think about that for a second. Obviously, they weren't very courteous. They actually got very aggressive and launched a counter-reformation. Any of this ringing any bells?

Answer 7

PS~ Also long

Answer 8

ya got it