Look up: counter-reformation

1. Counter Reformation
   [n] - the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected)
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
2. Counter Reformation
   noun the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected); many leaders were Jesuits
   Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
   
   
3. Counter Reformation
   Counter Reformation, 16th-century reformation that arose largely in answer to the Protestant Reformation; sometimes called the Catholic Reformation. Although the Roman Catholic reformers shared the Protestants' revulsion at the corrupt conditions in the church, there was present none of the traditio...
   Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0
   
   
4. Counter Reformation
   The Counter Reformation was a movement within the Roman Catholic church in the 16th and 17th centuries that sought to revitalise the church and to oppose Protestantism. Some historians object to the term as implying only the negative elements in the movement, and they prefer designations such as Cat...
   Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow
   
   
5. Counter-Reformation
   Movement initiated by the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent (1545-63) to counter the spread of the Reformation. Extending into the 17th century, its dominant forces included the rise of the...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
   
   
6. Counter-Reformation
   in the history of Christianity, the Roman Catholic efforts directed in the 16th and early 17th centuries both against the Protestant Reformation and ... [42 related articles]
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/149
   
   
7. Counter-Reformation
   Movement initiated by the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent (1545–63) to counter the spread of the Reformation. Extending into the 17th century, its dominant forces included the rise of the Jesuits as an educating and missionary group and the deployment of the Spanish Inquisition in Europe and the Americas. See also Germany: history ...
   Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency
   
   
8. Counter-Reformation
   The `Counter-Reformation` (also the `Catholic Revival`<ref name=ebo>http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9026564/Counter-Reformation Counter Reformation, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online, latest edition, full-article.--> or `Catholic Reformation`) denotes the period of Catholic reviv...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Ref
   
   
9. counterreformation
   noun a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation
   Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web