Roman Catholic Church Reformation. It was spiritually exhausted, enfeebled and almost lifeless. The catholic reformation followed the reformation in the 16th century and helped to define the catholic church as we know it.

The council of trent did attempt to reform the roman church by clarifying its teachings and by responding to various abuses—such as immorality and lack of education among clergymen—that protestants had often criticized. The energy, new thinking and enthusiasm that shaped the reformation that had part of its origin in luther’s actions also had an effect among those who remained loyal to the roman church. These events were, in part, associated with the wider european protestant reformation , a religious and political movement that affected the practice of christianity in western and central europe.