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What is John of the Cross considered a major figure of?

  • The Counter-Reformation in Spain

  • The Spanish Inquisition

  • The Protestant Reformation

  • The Second Vatican Council

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John of the Cross was a major figure in the Counter-Reformation in Spain, a movement that sought to counteract the Protestant Reformation by promoting Catholicism. He was a Carmelite friar and mystic who wrote extensively on the spiritual life, and his work has been influential in both Catholic and Protestant circles.
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