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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] See : Missionary How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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of the Jesuit order, a Catholic priest who devoted his life to spreading God's love. As a result, the papacy was pressured by Catholic monarchs into dissolving the Jesuit order in 1773 only to restore it in 1814 after the demise of Napoleon. As Wright races through five hundred years of history, fitting in or drawing out Jesuit contributions on all continents, any idea that either the Church or the Jesuit Order could be described as monolithic evaporates. |
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