stant teaching on almost all major issuesö (193). Nevertheless, by the end of ElizabethÆs reign, the Church of England was forever altered and Protestantism was firmly entrenched in Europe.
The Catholic Church was not prepared to lie down in the face of the Reformation. Through opposition and resistance it had continued to fight what is viewed as heresy. In order to combat the growth of Protestantism, the Catholic Church issued a series of its own reforms. Including the formation of the Jesuits. A bull was issued, Regimini militantis ecclesiae (on the government of the church militant), outlining the kind of society the Jesuits represented and what Noll (2003) labels, ôthe most powerful instrument of Catholic revival and resurgence in this era of religious crisisö (201). Ignatius of Loyola and his fanatical insistence on obedience paved the way for this revival and resurgence. The revival and ongoing battles both within and between Christianity and Protestantism motivated Pope Paul III to call t
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