How Did The Catholic Reformation

The Catholic Reformation During the Catholic Reformation in mid-sixteenth century, they manifested modern thinking and practice. Although they introduced new things such as the religious orders of the franciscans and others preaching to the laypeople, the Church still stuck to traditional ways. This shows that even though the Reformation brought new ideas, catholicism still kept to traditional practices. One of the ways the Reformation manifest modern thinking and practice was the Oratory of Divine Love. The Oratory of Divine Love was an informal group of layman and clergy who fostered the reform. They did so by emphasizing personal spiritual development and acts towards charity. The Oratory which was first organized in 1497 included members like the spanish archbishop and Cardinal Ximenes. Another way the Church pointed in a more modern direction is through the calls for reform from religious orders. These orders included the Franciscans, Dominicans, and Augustinians. Members put a lot of effort into preaching to laypeople, or non-clergy. There also was a reformed Papacy. This was when the pope had involvement in finances and italian political and military
One of the main ways they stayed traditional was the whole idea of christendom. Society and government were still very connected and influenced by religion. This isn’t a modern concept because even in the early church people still believed the church deserved all authority. The church also still had money which caused them to have lots of land under their control. The church still wanted to keep its similar beliefs on how God is our ultimate father and Jesus is our savior. Even though people changed their mind on how salvation was achieved, they still thought that God was the creator and we still need to worship him. This is how it still kept to its traditional practices and thinking during the