HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ignatius Of Loyola, Professional Soldier
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The wars of religion history lecture, october 26. The power of the state should be used to control every aspect of a citizen"s life, idea endorsed by the. The idea that the state has the right to do anything arose after the 16th century; assassination of political enemies, etc. , if needed. The roman catholic church had lost millions of adherents and huge amounts of revenue and it was necessary for them to fight back, they wanted to stop the losses so that catholics could control everything again. The church organized itself in the model of a powerful, centralized monarchy to stop the protestant spread and return people back to the catholic empire. Pope paul iii was elected and wanted to achieve a response through the revolution of the reformation which required a general council that represented catholic christendom, they had the authority to reshape doctrine.
