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counterreformer
noun 2
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1COUNTERREFORMER + NOUN
ignatius, loyola
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noun
1
One who supports counterreform and is therefore opposed to reform.
2
Alternative spelling of Counter-Reformer (“proponent of the Counter-Reformation”).
According to John Bossy, the Catholic counterreformers attempted to make the parish the primary focus of religious life […]
The council [of Trent] also urged caution in the use of vocal polyphony […] Notably, the counterreformers did not follow Luther and Calvin in advocating congregational song in the vernacular.
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According to John Bossy, the Catholic counterreformers attempted to make the parish the primary focus of religious life […]
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The council [of Trent] also urged caution in the use of vocal polyphony […] Notably, the counterreformers did not follow Luther and Calvin in advocating congregational song in the vernacular.
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This stands in significant contrast, for example, to the Catholic counterreformer Ignatius of Loyola who, in his Spiritual Exercises, requires that the retreatant consider the idea that God created th
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