{"product_id":"heroes-of-the-catholic-reformation","title":"Heroes of the Catholic Reformation: Saints Who Renewed the Church","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Protestant Reformation began five hundred years ago, accompanied by an age of turmoil and secularism we can recognize even in our own time. Rather than shrinking from the crisis, the Catholic Church responded with even deeper, and more genuine, reform. We can do the same today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Catholic Reformation was accomplished by many defenders of the Faith whom we now know as saints. Their holiness, courageous deeds, and sacrifices during this renewal of the Catholic Faith demonstrate the true heroism of saintly action and provide models for defending the faith in the modern world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiverse as they are inspiring, these heroes and saints stood up to slay \"the dragons of sin\" while championing Church teaching. Their sacrifices left the Church -- and the world -- forever changed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBishop John Fisher, Sir Thomas More, and priests Edmund Campion and Robert Southwell refused to submit to England's secular tyranny and chose martyrdom instead. -- Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, and Charles Borromeo, the reforming Archbishop of Milan, spearheaded the Catholic Reformation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePope Pius V brought a spirit of asceticism to the papacy and ardor to the work of reform.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTeresa of Ávila and John of the Cross, despite enduring terrible suffering, surrendered themselves completely to Christ's great mission of reform within the Church.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Heroes of the Catholic Reformation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a scholarly and cultured celebration of the saints who responded to the fierce oppositions of their time with courage and an authentic and lasting Catholic Reformation. Author Joseph Pearce invites us look to these heroes for inspiration as we seek to live the fullness of Faith in our fallen world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoseph Pearce is Director of the Aquinas Center for Faith and Culture at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee, editor of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSt. Austin Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the author of biographies of Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and other Christian literary figures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Our Sunday Visitor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169286045909,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/4667\/files\/61f8YFg4_0L.jpg?v=1794427238","url":"https:\/\/saintgeorgeco.com\/products\/heroes-of-the-catholic-reformation","provider":"St. George ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}