In the Renaissance, the Jesuits went around and looked and examined all of the churches doctrines. They basically wiped out everything that they thought that the church's power was abusing.
It sounds like you are asking for information about the Counter-Reformation: from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957The Counter-Reformation is the name...
I'm not sure that the Catholic Church has any official definition of spirituality. I suspect if you asked a theologian (professional religion teacher or expert) what "Spirituality" means, he or she...