Smartly so, the Counter Reformation began as a movement against the pesky Protestants, so called for splitting from the infallible and most holy Catholic Church. The Church and its various friars (the furious Franciscans and dominate Dominicans) fought most valiantly against the idiotic protestors, crushing them with the most Holy force of God, showing the Schistists their faults, and most importantly, charging them for their split. To say the least, the Catholics won, and the Protestants, like usual, ended up defeated.
Actually, no, this is not what happened. Various groups did form against the Reformation but they were unsuccessful. To fight against the Reformation by forming Catholic Orders is rather like trying to stop the ocean tide by splashing in the water, wearing very silly gold-gilded inflatable floaties.
But to the contrary again, the Catholics were indeed the Great Ocean that is forever endless: vast, powerful, never-ending, and insurmountable. It is the childish Protestants that wore the silly floaties made of lead, and all the more foolish as they sunk instead of staying afloat.
Counter Reformation
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Introduction
Smartly so, the Counter Reformation began as a movement against the pesky Protestants, so called for splitting from the infallible and most holy Catholic Church. The Church and its various friars (the furious Franciscans and dominate Dominicans) fought most valiantly against the idiotic protestors, crushing them with the most Holy force of God, showing the Schistists their faults, and most importantly, charging them for their split. To say the least, the Catholics won, and the Protestants, like usual, ended up defeated.
Actually, no, this is not what happened. Various groups did form against the Reformation but they were unsuccessful. To fight against the Reformation by forming Catholic Orders is rather like trying to stop the ocean tide by splashing in the water, wearing very silly gold-gilded inflatable floaties.
But to the contrary again, the Catholics were indeed the Great Ocean that is forever endless: vast, powerful, never-ending, and insurmountable. It is the childish Protestants that wore the silly floaties made of lead, and all the more foolish as they sunk instead of staying afloat.
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