The movement in which the catholic church sought to correct abuses and malpractices within its structure is known as the reformation. The counter-reformation. Protestantism. The inquisition.

The movement in which the catholic church sought to correct abuses and malpractices within its structure is known as "The counter-reformation."

The Counter-Reformation, additionally called the Catholic Reformation was the time of Catholic resurgence started because of the Protestant Reformation, starting with the Council of Trent (1545 - 1563) and consummation at the end of the Thirty Years' War (1648).

Such changes incorporated the establishment of theological schools for the best possible preparing of ministers in the profound life and the philosophical customs of the congregation, the change of religious life by returning requests to their otherworldly establishments, and new otherworldly developments concentrating on the reverential life and an individual association with Christ, including the Spanish spiritualists and the French school of spirituality.