HY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Ignatius Of Loyola, Papal Supremacy, Counter-Reformation
30 May 2018
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I.Catholicism Transformed
A. The Catholic Reformation
1. First phase (c. 1490s)
a. A movement for moral and institutional reform within the
religious orders
i. Papacy showed little interest in this movement
b. Influence of northern humanists (Erasmus and
More)
. Encouraged the laity to lead lives of simple but
sincere religious piety
2. Second phase (c. 1530s)
. More aggressive phase of reform
a. New style of papal leadership
. Excessive holiness
i. Accomplished administrators
ii. Reorganized papal finances
3. Third phase: the Council of Trent (1545-1563)
. Reaffirmed Catholic doctrine
. Good works declared necessary for salvation
i. The seven sacraments
ii. Papal supremacy
a. Bishops and priests were forbidden to hold more
than one spiritual office
b. Establishment of theological seminaries
c. Established the Index of Forbidden Books (1564)
4. Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556)
. Spanish nobleman wounded in battle (1521) became a
spiritual solider of Christ
a. Ecstatic visions
b. The Spiritual Exercises
. Practical advice on how to master the will
i. A program of meditations on sin and the life of
Christ
c. The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded at Paris in
1534
. Formally constituted as a holy order by Pope Paul III
(1540)
i. A company of soldiers sworn to defend the
faith
ii. Eloquence, persuasion, and instruction
iii. The suppression of individuality
iv. Proselytized Christians and non-Christians
alike
v. Established schools
vi. Became an international movement
5. Counter-Reformation Christianity
. Defended and revitalized the faith
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Document Summary
I. catholicism transformed: the catholic reformation, first phase (c. 1490s, a movement for moral and institutional reform within the religious orders. Papacy showed little interest in this movement: influence of northern humanists (erasmus and. Encouraged the laity to lead lives of simple but sincere religious piety: second phase (c. 1530s) More aggressive phase of reform: new style of papal leadership. Excessive holiness: accomplished administrators, reorganized papal finances, third phase: the council of trent (1545-1563) Good works declared necessary for salvation: the seven sacraments. Papal supremacy: bishops and priests were forbidden to hold more than one spiritual office, establishment of theological seminaries, established the index of forbidden books (1564, saint ignatius loyola (1491-1556) Spanish nobleman wounded in battle (1521) became a spiritual solider of christ: ecstatic visions, the spiritual exercises. Practical advice on how to master the will: a program of meditations on sin and the life of. Christ: the society of jesus (jesuits) founded at paris in.
