Various Counter-Reformation theologians focused only on defending doctrinal positions such as the sacraments and pious practices that were attacked by the Protestant reformers, up to the Second Vatican Council in 1962–1965.
Fokus dari berbagai teolog Kontra-Reformasi sebatas pembelaan posisi-posisi doktrinal seperti sakramen-sakramen dan praktik-praktik kesalehan yang ditentang oleh para reformis Protestan, hingga berlangsungnya Konsili Vatikan II pada 1962–1965.