Protestantism. The truth is the movement was both a Counter Reformation, as Protestants insist, and a Catholic Reformation, as Catholics argue. Its roots run back to forces before Luther’s time, but the form it took was largely determined by the Protestant attack. Facets of the Counter Reformation 1. Ignatius became an important voice for Catholic spirituality, as well as organizing the influential Jesuit order. 2. The Counter Reformation also contributed to the emergence of other important voices in spirituality, including St. Teresa of Avila. 3. Catholics answered the academic and scholarly
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