Jesuit | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Jesuit


00:02:37 1 Statistics
00:05:22 2 Formula of the Institute
00:07:23 3 History
00:07:32 3.1 Foundation
00:13:00 3.2 Early works
00:16:54 3.3 Expansion
00:21:40 3.3.1 China
00:24:08 3.3.2 Canada
00:29:11 3.3.3 United States
00:29:20 3.3.4 Mexico
00:33:41 3.3.5 Northern Spanish America
00:38:30 3.3.6 Paraguay
00:42:20 3.3.7 Colonial Brazil
00:44:11 3.4 Suppression and restoration
00:47:12 3.5 Early 20th century
00:48:44 3.6 Post–Vatican II
00:56:27 4 Ignatian spirituality
00:57:08 5 Formation
00:57:53 6 Government of the society
01:00:30 7 Habit and dress
01:01:50 8 Controversies
01:01:59 8.1 Power-seeking
01:02:41 8.2 Political intrigue
01:03:48 8.3 Casuistic justification
01:04:32 8.4 Anti-Semitism
01:05:18 8.5 Theological debates
01:06:28 8.6 Child sexual abuse
01:06:44 9 Nazi persecution
01:09:31 9.1 Rescue efforts during the Holocaust
01:11:27 10 In science
01:13:49 11 Notable members
01:16:17 12 Institutions
01:16:27 12.1 Educational institutions
01:17:34 12.2 Social and development institutions
01:18:35 13 Publications
01:19:58 14 In popular culture
01:21:27 15 See also



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The Society of Jesus (SJ; Latin: Societas Iesu) is a scholarly religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in sixteenth-century Spain. The members are called Jesuits (Latin: Iesuitae). The society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations. Jesuits work in education, intellectual research, and cultural pursuits. Jesuits also give retreats, minister in hospitals and parishes, sponsor direct social ministries, and promote ecumenical dialogue.
Ignatius of Loyola, a Basque nobleman from the Pyrenees area of northern Spain, founded the society after discerning his spiritual vocation while recovering from a wound sustained in the Battle of Pamplona. He composed the Spiritual Exercises to help others follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. In 1534, Ignatius and six other young men, including Francis Xavier and Peter Faber, gathered and professed vows of poverty, chastity, and later obedience, including a special vow of obedience to the Pope in matters of mission direction and assignment. Ignatius's plan of the order's organization was approved by Pope Paul III in 1540 by a bull containing the "Formula of the Institute".
Ignatius was a nobleman who had a military background, and the members of the society were supposed to accept orders anywhere in the world, where they might be required to live in extreme conditions. Accordingly, the opening lines of the founding document declared that the society was founded for "whoever desires to serve as a soldier of God to strive especially for the defence and propagation of the faith and for the progress of souls in Christian life and doctrine." Jesuits are thus sometimes referred to colloquially as "God's soldiers", "God's marines", or "the Company", which evolved from references to Ignatius' history as a soldier and the society's commitment to accepting orders anywhere and to endure any conditions. The society participated in the Counter-Reformation and, later, in the implementation of the Second Vatican Council.
The Society of Jesus is consecrated under the patronage of Madonna Della Strada, a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it is led by a Superior General.  The headquarters of the society, its General Curia, is in Rome. The historic curia of Ignatius is now part of the Collegio del Gesù attached to the Church of the Gesù, the Jesuit mother church.
In 2013, Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first Jesuit to be elected Pope, taking the name Pope Francis.