I know a Jesuit is a Catholic and a branch of the church, but why are they devided, and what do the Jesuits do?
2007-01-27 19:24:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
we have the definition, now the answer please?
2007-01-27 19:31:45 · update #1
The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic international religious order of some 20,000 men on six continents and in 124 countries throughout the world. Members of the Society of Jesus (or Jesuits) might be either priests, brothers or scholastics who are studying to become priests. A man becomes a Jesuit after a two-year novitiate program at the end of which he pronounces perpetual vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Jesuits work in parish and retreat ministry, in high schools and colleges. They may be found working as lawyers and doctors, psychologists and counselors, writers and journalists, theologians and philosophers, researchers and scientists. In short, Jesuits do all kinds of work. Their mission is everywhere and always the promotion of faith in Jesus Christ and the justice demanded by that faith. Jesuits seek to make Christ's Kingdom available to our times. They are men with a singular passion: to do the world a world of good.
Jesuits can choose to be priests or brothers. Both groups of men take the same vows and live and pray in a religious community. Priests are ordained and administer the Sacraments and celebrate Mass. Although brothers do not feel called to the life of a priest, they participate fully in the work of the Society of Jesus, whose mission is "the service of faith and the promotion of justice."
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2007-01-27 19:30:08 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) is not a branch of the Catholic Church. They are a religious order completely within the Catholic Church and they are Catholics. In order to be a Jesuit, you must be a Catholic, but you may be a Catholic and not be a Jesuit.
There are two types of priests: "regular clergy" and "secular clergy". The regular clergy belong to a religious order with a particular "rule of life" (regular is latin for rule) they receive their direction from the head of their religious order. The secular clergy do not belong to a particular religious order and receive their direction from the Bishop of the Diocese.
The Jesuits are regular clergy and the priests that staff the parish churches are usually secular clergy.
What distinguishes the Jesuits from other regular and secular priests is their reputation as scholars and for being more socially progressive.
Generally speaking, Jesuits have more of a focus on academia, either as students receiving advanced degrees or as professors at Catholic universities (such as Boston College). As with many academics, they tend to be more on the liberal side than other orders of priests, such as on social justice issues.
Some people who do not like the Jesuits have come up with a myriad of conspiracy stories. But the Catholic Church as a whole has had its fair share of being accused of conspiracies by its enemies.
However, most Catholics greatly respect the spiritual and intellectual contributions that the Jesuits have made and hold their academic institutions in high regard.
2007-01-28 08:22:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Jesuits are not a branch of anything. They are a religious order within the Roman Catholic Church. They are known as the intellectuals of catholicism.
2007-01-27 19:32:48 · answer #3 · answered by Imogen Sue 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I graduated from a Jesuit University. Can't compare it with a Catholic University. I just know I got a quality education.
2016-05-24 08:04:45 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesuits also have been know as doing the churches dirty work.
They are the religious order (secret police) of the church and serve under the administration of the black pope.
2007-01-27 20:56:55 · answer #5 · answered by Thomas A 2 · 0⤊ 6⤋