In view of the influence of the Renaissance and Reformation on the Catholic Church in continental Europe since the14th century, the Holy See began to take measures to curb the Reformation in the middle of the16th century, which is known as the "Anti-Reformation Movement" in history.

In response to the impact of the European ideological emancipation movement, the Catholic Church reorganized the inquisition and strengthened ideological control.

Secondly, the most important thing is to strengthen the control of education in order to compete with Protestant education.

Its main institution is the Jesuits.

Originated from the powerful Catholic church behind the Jesuits, in Europe from 16 to 18 century, no educational group played an important role in education like the Jesuits.

Jesuits saved the decline of Catholic education caused by Protestant education and made Catholic education make a comeback in the middle and late16th century and18th century.

Because the purpose of education is to maintain the rule of the Catholic Church and the purpose of education organized by Jesus is to cultivate outstanding ruling talents, it only involves secondary and higher education.

The content of education is mainly ancient classics, especially Aristotle, which pays attention to the study of Bible and scholasticism and does not involve advanced modern scientific content.

It can be seen that its educational nature is only to maintain the feudal rule of the Catholic Church, and it has not laid a foundation for the development of the emerging bourgeoisie, so it is stubborn compared with other Protestant education.

However, due to the abundant teachers and superior material conditions, its education quality is very good, and the teaching methods, academic system and collective teaching form adopted have contributed an important force to the development of European education, which is of progressive significance in this respect.