IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA & THE JESUITS

BY: ALEXIA TENT & KYLE TAIBOT

WHAT HAPPENED?

• BECAUSE OF THE EFFECTS OF JESUITS, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH STARTED TO REGAIN POWER AGAINST THE PROTESTANTS • IGNATIUS, RAN THE JESUITS LIKE A MILITARY AND MADE THEM FOCUS ON

EDUCATION• JESUITS MADE IT CLEAR THAT OBEDIENCE WAS NEEDED IN THE CHURCH

PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED • IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA• THE JESUITS• POPE PAUL III• PRIEST MATTEO RICCI

IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA• IGNATIUS WAS A SPANISH NOBLE WHO'S MILITARY CARRIER HAD ENDED ABRUPTLY WHEN

HE WAS WOUNDED IN BATTLE• THE SOLDIER NEEDED SOMETHING TO OCCUPY HIS TIME UNTIL HE COULD WALK AGAIN, SO

HE READ THE ONLY MATERIAL AVAILABLE TO HIM IN THE CASTLE—BIOGRAPHIES OF SAINTS• THE IDEAS IN THE BOOKS SOON FILLED HIS MIND WITH THE DESIRE TO FIND A RELIGIOUS

PURPOSE, AND HE BEGAN TO SEE RELIGIOUS VISIONS.• THE BOOKS AND VISIONS INSPIRED IGNATIUS TO CHANGE HIS LIFE—TO BECOME A

“SOLDIER OF GOD” RATHER THAN A “SOLDIER OF MAN.” IGNATIUS LATER FOUNDED A RELIGIOUS TEACHING ORDER STILL ACTIVE TODAY—THE JESUITS

JESUITS

• THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE SOCIETY OF JESUS• PART OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS ORDERS• THEY CONCENTRATED ON EDUCATION

POPE PAUL III

• HE NOTICED THE NEW RELIGION ORDERS• HE APPROVED THE ORDER IN 1539

PRIEST MATTEO RICCI • HE TRAVELED TO CHINA AND PREACHED CHRISTIANITY AT THE COURT OF

THE MING EMPEROR• TO MAKE HIS MESSAGE RELEVANT TO CHINESE NEEDS, RICCI LEARNED TO

SPEAK CHINESE AND DRESSED IN CHINESE CLOTHING• RICCI SHARED CHINESE SCHOLARS HIS KNOWLEDGE OF EUROPEAN ARTS

AND SCIENCE

HOW DOES THIS EVENT SHOW RELIGIOUS DISUNITY IN EUROPE?

• THEIR WORK MADE IT NEW IN THE CHURCH BY EMPHASIZING ON THE SPIRITUAL AND SERVICE PART OF THE CHURCH• JESUITS WERE COMBATTING AGAINST THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION• THEY WERE OVERCOMING THE PROTESTANTS SO THEN THEY REGAINED

POWER

PICTURE CREDITS• HTTP://

WWW.JESUIT.ORG/BLOG/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2010/07/IGNATIUS-LOYOLA.JPG• HTTP://

WWW.ARTOFLEGENDINDIA.COM/IMAGES/IMAGES_BIG/PEBFE002_MATTEO_RICCI.JPG• HTTP://

WWW.YESHOTELROME.COM/HOTELS-ACCOMMODATION/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2013/04/TITIAN-POPE-PAUL-III.JPG• HTTP://WWW.ZENGARDNER.COM/FILES/JESUIT31.GIF