The Establishment and Rise of the Jesuits Essay

He got his first chance when Assisi declared war on their longtime enemy, the nearby town of Perugia. When Francis was just barely twenty years old, he fought in the war between Assisi and Perugia and was taken prisoner. Most of the troops from Assisi were butchered in the fight. Only those wealthy enough to expect to be ransomed were taken prisoner. At last Francis was among the nobility like he always wanted to be, but chained in a harsh, dark dungeon. All accounts say that he never lost his happy manner in that horrible place. Finally, after a year in the dungeon, he was ransomed. Strangely, the experience didn't seem to change him. He gave himself to partying with as much joy and abandon as he had before the battle. That period shaped the young man's soul and the weaker his body became, the more deeply his sense of charity and love towards others took root in him. By the time he returned to Assisi, he was seriously ill. His mother's loving care and time itself brought him back to health, but the carefree life he had led before and which had started again by now, seemed empty to him. Driven by his dreams of being a soldier, he decided to follow a condottiere to the southern region of Apulia, but when he had gotten as far as Spoleto, the Lord appeared to him one night in a dream and ordered him to turn back. The words of God echoed in his mind like a summons. This marked the beginning of his gradual

came to him fulfilling his mission to spread christianity; he never gave up, day by day. Even

Moreover, He was rejected and then after he also welcomed by some another people, who was expect for sacraments and for the good news. He was motived by the Holy Spirit to go out toward people. Already, on the beginning of the chapter one, we see the bishop who goes down from the horse and prays. I can see intimacy between him and God. I think that all of us as seminarians, who prepare ourselves to be a priest, should have a deep relationship with God. Without that intimacy, we are not able to speak about God. I think that the climax of this book is the Mission, which Fr Lotour had. In the Mission we are relying on the providence of God. The purpose of the mission is to announce the good news. St Poul apostle expressively said in his letter to the Philippians: “Life to me, of course, is Christ, but then death would be a positive gain.” (Ph 1:21). As a result, both of them trusted boundless to God. The gain is to give our life in the service of God and his people. Additionally, if we able to deny ourselves we will be capable to receive something else from Him. Fr Latour gave himself totally for the Evangelization. Many times we reproach difficulties and we do not know about how will be tomorrow. At the mission we do not know,

During his freshman year he attended a weekend retreat. He felt as if he has a personal vision from God and he decided to join the priesthood. He was not in the priesthood long, but he always kept his Catholic faith. With this he decided to write "Constantine's Sword; The Church and The Jews."

Ignatius is indeed a slothful, gluttonous, and patronizing man. These qualities are seen constantly throughout the entire book. His own mother began to consider putting him in the psychiatric ward at Charity because she could not deal with him. Santa Battaglia, a friend of Mrs. Reilly, even pushed for Mrs. Reilly to put Ignatius in the psychiatric ward. Miss Annie, the

The Spanish Inquisition was a time in the Catholic Church when there were trials about heresy,murder and torture. “The Spanish Inquisition started in 1478 and finally came to an end in 1834”.Before the Spanish Inquisition the Catholic Church was supposed to set all the moral and be the most holy religion of them all. But, during The Spanish Inquisition the Catholic Church became one of the most cruel and murderous religion of the time it was also one of the darkest time in the Catholic Church history of all time due to the Pope of time wanting to have a pure Catholic-Spanish race and religion.

When he was 20, he decided he wanted to live in complete solitude after many interactions with his community (Saint Benedict of Nursia, EWTN). St. Benedict left the comfort of his friends

Ignatius’s final letter was to his friend and fellow bishop of Smyrna Polycarp. The letter opens with praises of Polycarp's faith and his passion for Christ. Ignatius continues praising Polycarp and gives words of wisdom and support to continue the work he is doing. In one line he encourages Polycarp to “Let not those who seem worthy of credit, but teach strange doctrines, fill you with apprehension. Stand firm, as does an anvil which is beaten.”

He broke away from the Church and by famously nailing his 95 Theses on the Church door, criticized their spiritual authority and the selling of indulgences. In the Cave, one of the prisoners is set free, and is able to move out of the cave. At first, he is blinded and in pain, but soon he adjusts and sees the world for what it is. “He will require to grow accustomed to the sight of the upper world. And first he will see the shadows best… and then the objects themselves”.

Holding Bibles rather than brutal torture weapons, the Jesuits contrasted the looks of their ancestors, the harrowing Medieval Inquisitors. As the Jesuits, a group formed during the Renaissance with the purpose of responding to the Reformation, traveled Europe and other countries, they slowed down the spread of Protestantism by reaching out to non-Christians and educating people on the teachings of the Catholic Church. The Papal Inquisitors, a group that played a major role in the Medieval Inquisition during the heart of the rough Middle Ages, slowed down the spread of beliefs that went against the teachings of the Church, but did so at the price of killing and exposing possible heretics. Both groups were able to respond strongly to the questioning of Catholic Church teachings; however, one responded with words and wisdom, while the other responded with threats and spilt blood. The Jesuits of the Counter Reformation were more successful in morally spreading the values of Catholicism than the loathed Papal Inquisitors of the Medieval Inquisition.

Jesuits, also known as the Society of Jesus, was a religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola (a Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian). The Jesuits resisted the spread of protestantism by being active “soldiers” for the Counter-Reformation (1530s movement to reform the church from the success of protestantism to catholicism). The biggest flaw of the Protestant theology that the Jesuits used as their largest ground (evidence) for supporting the Counter-Reformation was predestination. Predestination, a theory by John Calvin, is the theory that God has ordained either salvation or damnation to everyone in His plan for them before the creation of time hence no matter what ones does in their life can change His plan for them. Jesuits challenged

The Jesuits are known for their humanitarian beliefs and practices. Jesuits are urged to go out and live with the poor and disenfranchised. They use their actions to create a diverse community that has little to no bias or ignorance. The Society is a very inclusive group, accepting people of all kinds from all places.

On many occasions, he wrote how God had guided him places and spoke to him of his devotion. He believed himself to be a significant figure in God’s plan for not just himself but other people and the spread of Christianity in Ireland. For example he writes that God told him “He who touches you, touches the apple of my eye.” (289,264) He believed to repay God for his love and protection it is necessary to spread the word of God all over the world. That it was a believers’ duty. He writes a quote from God ‘Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me’ (285,45-46). These conversations he believed he had with God, is what led him to return to Ireland. Which led to his future fame to be a decision from

Dwight does some very strange things in his everyday life. However, he does these things in order to maintain the traditions of previous generations. He holds his cultural and familial traditions especially dear to him. I am the same way, I am Greek and my family holds many Greek traditions dear to us, for example we celebrate Easter according to the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar as other christian faiths celebrate. In addition to my Greek traditions, St. Ignatius is known for its tradition as well. It was established in 1886 by German Jesuits and is still deeply rooted in the same Jesuit traditions. I am thankful for these traditions and am honored to carry them and pass them onto younger classes and

anti-Protestant protests all over Paris, forcing him to flee for his own safety. He roamed