Dr. John Rao speaks about Tridentine “Baroque” Catholicism. The Catholic Church was given a particular flavor by the Tridentine reforms and Catholic civilization took on the characteristics that we associate with “Baroque” culture. Dr. John Rao argues that Tridentine, Baroque Catholicism, with its “Jesuit” emphasis upon raising nature to the greater glory of God, was an organic development of the “pilgrimage to God” promoted by the reform of the High Middle Ages. Taken from Regalism, Revolution, the Reign of Terror and the Assault on Catholicism (1648-1799) – 1998 VonHildebrand Institute