Jesuits (Sect) AKA Society of Jesus
Jesuits
1540 AD - 1768 AD
AKA Society of Jesus
Scholarly order of the Roman Catholic founded by Ignatius of Loyola. The Society of Jesus is classified among institutes as a mendicant order of clerks regular, that is, a body of priests organized for apostolic work, following a religious rule, and relying on alms, or donations, for support.
The term Jesuit (of 15th-century origin, meaning "one who used too frequently or appropriated the name of Jesus") was first applied to the society in reproach (1544–1552). The term was never used by Ignatius of Loyola, but over time, members and friends of the society adopted the name with a positive meaning.
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Jesuits' Mother Church The Church of the Gesù, located in Rome, is the mother church of the Jesuits.
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