Which of the following describes a response of the roman catholic church to the protestant reformation? a) the jesuit order's educational system produced large numbers of capable missionaries. b) catholic priests in latin american lands were able to rebut the arguments of protestants. c) many catholics fleeing the reformation settled in latin america, making it a catholic land. d) monarchs who were ambitious to colonize often sought funds from the church to do so.

    The Catholic Church launched several strategies to reassert power. The Catholic Stalwarts were Spain, France and Italy. The Reformation Countries were the German States, the Netherlands and England. The Pope directed attempts to depose the Protestant governments and restore power to Catholics. In addition, there were many internal insurrections and conflicts between Protestants and Catholics in the Protestant countries. As an example last week the British celebrated Guy Fawkes day. He was a Catholic who tried to blow up Parliament in London in 1605.

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