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Meanings of counter-reformation in English

Russian
контрреформация
Portuguese
contra reforma religiosa
Spanish
contrarreforma católica
Catalan
contrareforma
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Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation.

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контрреформация
Usage of counter-reformation in English
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It appears, though, that the matter is being solved slowly but surely by a silent "counter-reformation" by the old leaders.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States
2
He succeeded, as Pius V, and then the Counter-Reformation was master.
Lectures on Modern history
3
The Mysticism of the counter-Reformation had its centre in Spain.
Christian Mysticism
4
The character of the Counter-reformation was determined by her genius.
The Age of the Reformation
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The Jesuits represented Rome, the Counter-Reformation, and the League, and were banished for tyrannicide.
Lectures on Modern history
6
The Reformation was the visible outcome of the one, the Counter-Reformation of the other method.
Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 6 and 7 (of 7) / The Catholic Reac...
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Some of the paintings were plastered over in a Counter-Reformation attack on these secular images.
The Irish Times
8
The movement of the Counter-Reformation had begun, and any kind of speculative freedom aroused suspicion.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
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How they failed is the history of the Counter-reformation.
The Age of the Reformation
10
The fanatical Catholicism of the Counter-Reformation recommended that believers should take Christ's sufferings on themselves.
The Guardian
11
As the Counter-Reformation assembled the army of soldiers of Christ, the Jesuits were in the vanguard.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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Borromeo's penchant for order was paired in Counter-Reformation Catholicism with a carefully regulated enthusiasm for the extrovert.
Christianity: the first three thousand years
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We may begin to see how this tangle developed if we return to the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
Christianity: the first three thousand years
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The Counter-Reformation touched high-water mark with the massacre of St. Bartholomew, a few months after his death.
Lectures on Modern history
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All over Europe, during the last few decades, the forces of the Catholic Counter-Reformation had scored significant successes.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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In Savoy, in Switzerland and many other countries, the progress of the counter-Reformation had been rapid and decisive.
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Wate...