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Society of Jesus
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Society of Jesus
the religious order of the Jesuits, founded by Ignatius Loyola

Society of Jesus
Roman Catholic religious order distinguished in foreign missions. [Christian Hist.: NCE, 1412]


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Origins Their development as an art form can be traced back to the first accounts of Eastern countries from Jesuit missionaries in the 17th century.
He examines Renaissance humanism and the influence of Thomism on late 16th-century Jesuit missionaries, responses to the translation by western missionaries and by Chinese, and its implications for missionary translation in general.
 
 
 
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