Who were the Jesuits?

Question

Are they anything to do with opus dei?

Answer 1

Acai The Jesuits are a Religious Society which requires a bit of explanation.I will try to be as brief as possible without leaving out anything relevant.In 1540 St.Ignatious Loyola founded the Society of Jesus as a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church.Its members eventually became known as Jesuits.Today,about 3,000 priests and Brothers in the United States, along with 20,000 worldwide re serving God as Jesuits.They have primarily been involved in the work of education.At first their attention was aimed at training new members for the Society.In 1548,at the request of the citizens of Messina,Italy they opened their first school for students.Today there are 3,730 Jesuit educational institutions throught the world, with just over 2.5 million students.A little over 4,000 Jesuits and 125,000 lay religious and clerical partners work together,the educational aostolates of the Society which include Fe y alegria (Faith and Happiness) schools and programs promoting social change by means of integral,popular education among Lation America and Spain.and technicial and professional schools as well as institutions of primary,secondary,and higher education.A Jesuit named Father Frederick Copleston wrote the most inclusive,best researched History of Philosophy I have ever read.I have 75 credits in philosophy at the University of Michigan.and I needed to refer to Copleston's set in every class.At the time I completed college he had finished nine volumes with two parts to each volume exceot Chapter Four,a total of 17 books.He was still in the process of writing and researching when I graduated with my Naster's Degree.A must reference source for all serious students.In the United States Loyola has Campuses in Chicago,Maryland,and New Orleans.Your Pal larry m

Answer 2

The Jesuits are a community of¨the Church and Opus Dei are too, they have nothing in common more than they both supposed to be Catholic.

Answer 3

There is wonderful book written by a former Jesuit... Malachi Martin.
The Jesuits --The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church.
This books tells how these priests gained so much power within the Church that they used their esteem political knowledge to overthrow governments which had adverse effects on the Catholic Church.

Answer 4

They are a Roman Catholic religious order, and what you might call the Catholic church's intellectual front line. From beginning to end it can take anything up to seventeen years to train a Jesuit. They are typically to be found teaching in schools and colleges, or working as scientists in places like the Vatican's observatory.

In the present day the best known of their number, at least to the laity, is probably Gerard W Hughes on account of the numerous books he has written.

I'm not a Catholic, so I have no special axe to grind, but the bigotry to be found in a couple of the other replies on this thread is shocking.

Answer 5

They are an order of Roman Catholic priests. I don't know what their history is but today they are mostly known for intellectual pusuits in education and culture. They oversee a lot of universities.

I don't know who is thumbs downing me but my info is 100% fact, no opinion involved.

Also, no Jesuits have nothing to do with Opus Dei.

Answer 6

Do you mean who ARE the Jesuits?
They are a religious society. Community life in the Society of Jesus is based on the companionship of Ignatius of Loyola and the graduate students he befriended at the University of Paris. Seven students gathered in a chapel on Montmartre Hill in 1534 and vowed to continue their companionship after finishing their degrees. They would live in evangelical poverty and go on a mission to Jerusalem. They called themselves "amigos en el Senor" -- friends in the Lord.

Answer 7

Founded by Ignatius of Loyola, a soldier who was wounded, and then founded the order, specializing in spiritual disciplines, and spiritual militancy in the preaching and missionary work. In other words, the zeal and single-mindedness of a soldier must carry over to the Christian life and work.

Answer 8

Community life in the Society of Jesus is based on the companionship of Ignatius of Loyola and the graduate students he befriended at the University of Paris. Seven students gathered in a chapel on Montmartre Hill in 1534 and vowed to continue their companionship after finishing their degrees. They would live in evangelical poverty and go on a mission to Jerusalem. They called themselves "amigos en el Senor" -- friends in the Lord.
Inigo Lopez de Loyola, who later took the name Ignatius, was the youngest son of a nobleman of the mountainous Basque region of northern Spain. Trained in the courtly manner of the time of King Ferdinand, he dreamed of the glories of knighthood and wore his sword and breastplate with a proud arrogance.

When Ignatius was born in 1491, the Middle Ages were just ending and Europe was entering into the Renaissance. So Ignatius was a man on the edge of two worlds.

Europe of the late 15th Century was a world of discovery and invention. European explorers sailed west to the Americas and south to Africa, and scholars uncovered the buried civilizations of Greece and Rome. The printing press fed a new hunger for knowledge among a growing middle class. It was the end of chivalry and the rise of a new humanism. It was a time of radical change, social upheaval, and war.

In a quixotic attempt in 1521 to defend the Spanish border fortress of Pamplona against the French artillary, Inigo's right leg was shattered by a cannon ball. His French captors, impressed by the Inigo's courage, carried him on a litter across Spain to his family home at Loyola where he began a long period of convalescence.

During that time, he read several religious books, the only reading material readily available. These books and the isolation of the recovery period brought about a conversion which led to the founding of the Jesuits. Ignatius began to pray. He fasted, did penance and works of charity, dedicated himself to God and, after some troubles with the Spanish Inquisition, decided to study for the priesthood.

As a student in Paris he drew a small band of friends to himself and directed them in extended prayer and meditation according to his Spiritual Exercises. After further studies, the first Jesuits were ordained to the Catholic priesthood in Venice and offered themselves in service to Pope Paul III. In 1540, Paul III approved the Institute of the Society of Jesus. Ignatius was elected General Superior and served in that post until his death in 1556 at the age of 65.

Answer 9

It was and remains an order of Catholic priests and brothers known as The Society of Jesus.

Founded by Ignatius of Loyola, the order is best known for its educational pursuits, including the founding and running of many colleges, such as Georgetown University and Fordham University.

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Answer 10

They are a nasty bunch of liars and cheats.

Beware of them - the average jesuit has an IQ of about 140 and all are very smart.