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The Jesuits - From Ignatius of Loyola to Pope Francis (Paperback)
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The Jesuits - From Ignatius of Loyola to Pope Francis (Paperback)
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The Society of Jesus - the Jesuits - is the largest religious order
in the Roman Catholic Church. Distinguished by their obedience and
their loyalty to the Holy See, they have never, during nearly five
hundred years' history, produced a pope until now: Pope Francis is
the first Jesuit Pope. Michael Walsh tells the story of the Society
through the stories and exploits of its members over five hundred
years, from Ignatius of Loyola to Pope Francis himself. He explores
the Jesuits' commitment to humanist philosophy, which over the
centuries has set it at odds with the Vatican, as well as the
hostility towards the Jesuits both on the part of Protestants and
also Roman Catholics - a hostility which led one pope to attempt to
suppress the Society worldwide towards the end of the eighteenth
century. Drawing on the author's extensive inside knowledge, this
narrative history traces the Society's founding and growth, its
impact on Catholic education, its missions especially in the Far
East and Latin America, its progressive theology, its clashes with
the Vatican, and the emergence of Jorge Bergoglio, the first Jesuit
to become Pope. Finally, it reflects on the Society's present
character and contemporary challenges.
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