Jesuits
Ignatian religious order
The Jesuits are members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540.
Known for intellectual rigor and educational work, they run universities and schools worldwide.
Jesuit as an adjective describes their institutions or methods: a Jesuit education, Jesuit universities.
The word sometimes carries connotations of cunning or casuistry—jesuitical reasoning is overly subtle or crafty—though this sense is dated and often considered unfair.
Church's internal reform movement
- Council of TrentCatholic ecclesiastical congress addressing reformation
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- restorationReturning something to condition
- Gunpowder PlotCatholic conspiracy against James
Institutions granting advanced degrees
- GeorgetownStoried D.C. locale
- Boston CollegePrivate Jesuit university, Massachusetts
- LoyolaBasque surname, Jesuit founder
- XavierSpanish missionary name
colleges · preparatory schools · seminaries · curriculum · humanism · liberal arts · pedagogy · debate
Acts of lessening
- ParaguayLandlocked South American republic
- evangelizationSpreading religious doctrine
- indigenous peoplesOriginal inhabitants of lands
- conversionsChanges in form or type
martyrs · accommodation · translation · exploration · Amazon · Philippines
Solemn binding promises
- novitiateReligious training period
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- formationCreation or arrangement
- charismDivinely given spiritual gift
sodality · scholastic · coadjutor · professed · black robes · discernment
Study of the divine
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
- sciencesOrganized bodies of knowledge
cartography · linguistics · ethics · apologetics · journals · research · publications · seismology
Keen perception and judgment
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- meditationFocused attention practice
- prayerAddress to deity
devotion · consolation · desolation · spiritual direction · reflection · vocation · grace · colloquy
Religious movement championing the marginalized
- social justiceFair distribution of opportunities
- refugee servicesAid for displaced persons
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- advocacyPleading for a cause
Counter-Reformation
Church's internal reform movement
- Council of TrentCatholic ecclesiastical congress addressing reformation
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- restorationReturning something to condition
universities
Institutions granting advanced degrees
- GeorgetownStoried D.C. locale
- Boston CollegePrivate Jesuit university, Massachusetts
- LoyolaBasque surname, Jesuit founder
Xavier · colleges · preparatory schools · seminaries · curriculum · humanism · liberal arts · pedagogy · debate · rhetoric
reductions
Acts of lessening
- ParaguayLandlocked South American republic
- evangelizationSpreading religious doctrine
- indigenous peoplesOriginal inhabitants of lands
conversions · martyrs · accommodation · translation · exploration · Amazon · Philippines
vows
Solemn binding promises
- novitiateReligious training period
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- formationCreation or arrangement
charism · sodality · scholastic · coadjutor · professed · black robes · discernment
theology
Study of the divine
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
sciences · cartography · linguistics · ethics · apologetics · journals · research · publications · seismology · social sciences
discernment
Keen perception and judgment
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- meditationFocused attention practice
prayer · devotion · consolation · desolation · spiritual direction · reflection · vocation · grace · colloquy · election
liberation theology
Religious movement championing the marginalized
- social justiceFair distribution of opportunities
- refugee servicesAid for displaced persons
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- Christian CommunitiesHutterites, Amish, Mennonites, Shakers, Moravians
- Religious MovementsMormons, Protestant Reformation, Mormonism, Counter-Reformation, Methodism
- Catholic ThoughtThomas Aquinas, scholasticism, natural law, Augustine, faith and reason
- Latin ChurchVatican II, liberation theology, John Paul II, papal visits, catechists
- BrazilRio, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Amazon River
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
JesuitsTrappists
Cloistered monastic order
Carmelites · contemplatives · hermits · cenobites · Desert Fathers
Jesuitsanti-intellectuals
Those opposing learned discourse
Amish · Franciscans · mystics · charismatics · fundamentalists
- Jesuit's barkMalaria treatment from trees
- Jesuit schoolInstitution run by Society members
- Jesuit priestOrdained member of Ignatius's order
- Jesuit collegeUniversity run by religious order