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102 matches to Jesuit Order
Jesuit Order. Society of Jesus.1534-. Founded by Loyola. Vows of poverty, chastity, and perfect obedience to Pope. Missionary and educational work. Dissolved 1773; restored 1814.
Loyola, St. Ignatius. 1491-1556. Spanish soldier, founder of ascetic Jesuit Order, army of God working directly for the Pope. Spiritual Exercises 1548.
Bellarmine, St. Robert. 1542-1621. Italian Jesuit defender of RC church vs Protestantism, Copernican theory, heretics. Galileo.
Bollandists. 1629-. Belgian Jesuits. Update Acta Santorium, (Lives of Roman Catholic saints).
Campion, Edmund. 1540-81. English Jesuit martyr. Denounced Anglican church.
Ferry, Jules. 1832-93. French premier 1880~5. Expanded empire. Compulsory secular education 1882. Dissolved Jesuits.
Jansenism. 1640-1730. Sought return to severity of Augustine. Opposed Jesuits. Gallicanism. Arnauld. Suppressed by Louis XIV. Pascal. Quesnel.
Jesuit Estates Act. 1888. Quebec awards restitution to Jesuits for British land appropriation 1773.
Molinism. Doctrine of Spanish Jesuit, Molina 1535-1600. Reconciled free will and divine grace.
Paul III. 1468-1549. Pope 1534-. Sanctioned Jesuits.
Ricci, Matteo. 1552-1610. Italian Jesuit missionary to China.
Suárez, Francisco. 1548-1617. Spanish Scholastic philosopher, Jesuit theologian. Wrote against divine right of kings.
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. 1881-1955. French Jesuit philosopher. Man is evolving toward final spiritual unity.
Tyrrell, George. 1861-1909. British Jesuit Modernist. Applied historical methods to theology. Excommunicated.
Xavier, St. Francis. 1506-52. One of First Jesuits. Apostle to Asia 1540-.
Albertus Magnus, St. c1200-80. Swabian Dominican philosopher influenced Aquinas: independent observation of nature. Alchemist.
Ancien Régime. Pre-Revolutionary French socio- political order.
Aroostook War. 1838-9. US-Canadian border dispute in East.
Assassins. 1124-1270. Secret Moslem order who murdered all enemies.
Augustinians. RC religious orders following Rule of St. Augustine.
Basilians. 358. Monastic order of St. Basil.
Bath, Order of. 1399. A British knighthood.
Beauregard, Pierre. 1818-93. Confederate general. Ordered attack on Ft. Sumter.
Benedictines. 529-. RC monastic order. Spread Christianity. Preserved Latin culture.