Scenarios about 'catholic counter-reformation'

The Catholic Counter-Reformation was the Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation that began in the 16th century, involving internal reform, doctrinal clarification, and renewed missionary efforts. Through the Council of Trent (1545-1563), the Church addressed corruption, reaffirmed contested doctrines, and strengthened ecclesiastical discipline while new religious orders like the Jesuits worked to spread Catholicism globally. In alternate history scenarios, different outcomes of the Counter-Reformation often explore how religious balance, political power structures, and cultural development across Europe might have evolved differently.