Protestant Reformation
In answer to the growth of the Protestant movement, the Catholic Church instituted its own series of reforms that balanced real reform, with a strident and conservative reaction to Protestantism. This movement was called the Counter-Reformation. The church had decided to reform itself, beginning with the churches in Italy, Austria, France and Spain, while the protestant reformation was still going ahead in Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavia. ... The new Protestant churches were seen as a wave of the future (which obviously now, is something that didn’t happen! ... In Conclusion, the Counter Reformation was a period of time when serious changes were made to the Church, particularly due to the meetings of the Council of Trent and the organization founded by the goodwill of the man, Ignatius Loyola.