Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Cecilia Bembibre, in Abr. 2010
The Jesuit, or Jesuit order, officially called Company de Jesús, is a Catholic religious order founded in the middle of the 16th century (more specifically in the year 1534) in the city of Paris. Its founder was the religious then declared saint Saint Ignatius of Loyola. The objectives of the founding of this company were, obviously, the extension and diffusion of the message of Jesus in those territories and communities in which he did not yet exist. One of the main and most outstanding works of this company took place in America of the South, in the current territory Argentine and Paraguayan.
We count among the most significant and distinctive elements of the work of the Society of Jesus the interest in sowing in its followers and faithful the message of Jesus through the education and of the teaching evangelizing. The Jesuits not only became famous historically for teaching Aboriginal communities the Catholic message but also for instilling in them the notions of
spirituality and the importance of a life dedicated to reflection and admiration of the Lord's works rather than of interest in material objects and money. At the same time, the Jesuits passed on to their faithful the idea of magis, or mission for which each one of us was created and brought into the world: discovering one's mission and carrying it out was for the Jesuits an act of courage and complete devotion to the Lord.Although Jesuit companies exist to this day with a great presence in spaces such as Latin America, one of the most crucial moments in their history was the expulsion from America that they suffered in the eighteenth century at the hands of the Bourbon kings of Spain and other dynastic houses European. The Jesuits represented political and religious values that did not coincide with those of the kings (who wanted to limit Papal power and centralize both political and religious power in their people). At the same time, the Jesuits had accomplished an incredible work of evangelization in America that went beyond the religious issues since they had given the indigenous communities different elements for their organization and subsistence. Today, the Jesuits continue to exist and have numerous adherents throughout the world.
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