The Counter-Reformation by the Catholic choice led to the conversion of many non-Christians as well as the halting or slowing down of many Protestant movements and reformations. This was accomplished when the Church focused on taking the best ideas of the medieval Church and forcing those ideas to adapt to present circumstances. Many new religious orders were founded and older orders were reformed to be more beneficial. Also a non-tolerance policy was adopted by the papacy to alienate arguments and possible consents between Catholics and Protestants on important dogmatic issues.The Church created an effective arsenal of spiritual weapondry to combat the threat of Protestants to their ranks.
The Protestant Reformation started by Luther showed many flaws in the reasoning and systems of the Catholic Church. The Church's clergy were more corrupt than innocent, and their ideas of transubstantian as well as other sacraments were challenged by more than one influential Protestant.......
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