Counter-Reformation
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The other name for Counter-Reformation is Catholic Reformation. It was a movement within the Roman Catholic Church. Its main aim was to reform and improve itself. Counter-Reformation begun after a similar reformation in the Protestant Church. Its name was the Protestant Reformation. The Catholic Reformation had many features. They covered the following five areas:
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- Doctrine
- Ecclesiastical or Structural Reconfiguration
- Religious Orders
- Spiritual Movements
- Political Dimensions
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