Society of Jesus

Following the period of expansion that the Society of Jesus experienced during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Jesuits experienced a period of suppression and restoration that occurred in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. During this...

Another important element of the history of the Society of Jesus is the period of expansion that the Christian missionary group underwent during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. After the establishment of the Jesuits in 1540, the Jesuits� early...

The Society of Jesus, and in particular the religious society�s early works, were fundamental in the re-strengthening of the Catholic Church during the period of the Counter Reformation. The Jesuit missionaries, led by the founder of the Society...

The Society of Jesus was established in the sixteenth century around the time of the Protestant Reformation by founder Saint Ignatius Loyola, a former knight who became a priest. As a religious order of the Catholic Church,...

Discover the history behind one of the most well-known Catholic orders... Learn about the origins of the Society of Jesus, including how this Christian religious order came to be and about its central founder: Saint Ignatius Loyola....