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Counter Reformation

Counter Reformation is the alternative form of Counter-Reformation.

Meaning of Counter-Reformation

Proper noun

Counter-Reformation (plural Counter-Reformations)

  1. (historical) The period of Roman Catholic revival that aimed to combat the Reformation; any of various specific strains of anti-Reformation thought and action.
    • Ranke [Leopold von Ranke] also popularized the term "Counter-Reformation." He initially used this term in the plural (Gegenreformationen, Counter-Reformations). Roman Catholic historians took umbrage because this implied — and frequently stated — the historical and theological priority of the...2011, Carter Lindberg, “Chapter 1: History, Historiography, and Interpretations of the Reformations”, in The European Reformations, 2nd edition, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 10

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What is Counter Reformation the alternative form of?
Counter Reformation is the alternative form of Counter-Reformation.

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