jesuit order
1Jesuit Order — (officially, the Society of Jesus) Roman Catholic religious order organized by Ignatius Loyola (1491 1556) and authorized by the bull Regimini militantis ecclesiae issued by Pope Paul III in 1540. The goal of the new order was to restore the… …
2Jesuit order — noun a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship • Syn: ↑Society of Jesus •… …
3Jesuit order — A mendicant religious order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 when he gathered a group of fellow students of theology from the University of Paris. Ordained in Venice in 1537, after a year of pilgrimage in Spain, Ignatius and his… …
4Jesuit Reductions — Related article: Indian Reductions The Jesuit Reductions were a particular version of the general Catholic strategy used in the 17th and 18th centuries of building reductions ( reducciones de indios ) in order to be able to Christianize the… …
5Jesuit Estates Controversy — Canadian dispute between Protestants and Roman Catholics after reestablishment of the Jesuit order. After the pope suppressed the Jesuits in 1773, their landholdings in Canada were transferred to the British government. The pope restored the… …
6Jesuit drama — ▪ theatre program of theatre developed for educational and propagandist purposes in the colleges of the Society of Jesus during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Cultivated as a medium for disseminating Roman Catholic doctrine, drama… …
7Jesuit Church (Mannheim) — The Mannheim Jesuit Church in city block A 4 is one of the three parish churches in the inner city parish of St. Sebastian and the seat of the Dean of the Catholic Mannheim Deanery. It is also used by the Spanish community.History The church was… …
8Jesuit Volunteer Corps — The Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) is an organization of lay Catholic volunteers who dedicate one year or more to voluntary community service working with the disadvantaged the homeless, abused women and children, immigrants and refugees, the… …
9Jesuit Apologetic — • The accusations brought against the Society have been exceptional for their frequency and fierceness Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Jesuit Apologetic Jesuit Apologetic …
10Jesuit — The Society of Jesus † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Society of Jesus (Company of Jesus, Jesuits) See also DISTINGUISHED JESU …
