The History of Christianity. Lecture 30 of 30. The Catholic Counter-reformation.

History of Christianity. Lecture 30 of 30. The Catholic Counter-reformation. Belatedly responding to Protestant criticism, the Catholic Church finally called a council at Trent to define Church dogma and reform itself. With the creation of a new religious order, the Jesuits, the Pope was ready not just to stanch the Church's wounds in Europe, but to spread the Christian message worldwide.