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- noun A period of
Roman Catholic revival that aimed to combat theReformation
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The term Counter-Reformation itself presupposes that any reforming activity by the Catholic Church was in response to the ideas and actions of the Reformation.
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In thinking of an analogy for the medieval guildmen as they related to the Counter-Reformation, we might think of the rise of the creative writing programs at precisely the time of the Reagan ascendancy, when liberalism with a commitment to even the mildest redistributionist philosophy went into permanent retreat.
Anis Shivani: Creative Writing Programs: Is The MFA System Corrupt And Undemocratic? Anis Shivani 2010
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That was the problem which faced the saints of the Counter-Reformation, and St Philip in particular.
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In thinking of an analogy for the medieval guildmen as they related to the Counter-Reformation, we might think of the rise of the creative writing programs at precisely the time of the Reagan ascendancy, when liberalism with a commitment to even the mildest redistributionist philosophy went into permanent retreat.
Anis Shivani: Creative Writing Programs: Is The MFA System Corrupt And Undemocratic? Anis Shivani 2010
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For most of its history, the influence of the caliphate was more like that of the papacy after the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
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Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640 practically invented the baroque style favored by Counter-Reformation tastes, secular as well as religious, in 17th-century Europe.
Finding Inspiration in the Flesh Willard Spiegelman 2011
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Through ambition and patronage he made his way into Rome's thriving Counter-Reformation art scene.
A Dramatic Enlightenment Willard Spiegelman 2012
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For most of its history, the influence of the caliphate was more like that of the papacy after the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
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The term Counter-Reformation itself presupposes that any reforming activity by the Catholic Church was in response to the ideas and actions of the Reformation.
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