Jesuit vs Catholic
Jesuit is a member of the Society of Jesus, a religious order within Catholicism. It is a society within Catholic Christianity, yet many people are wondering about the differences between Jesuit and Catholicism. Jesuits represent a society or an order that has been instituted by Pope Paul III to spread Christianity by all means possible. There are many Jesuit colleges and Universities across the country, and it is confusing for parents and also for the students whether to take admission in a Jesuit University or go for the traditional catholic institution. This article attempts to take a closer look at Jesuits to remove doubts from the minds of students.
Saint Ignatius Loyola founded the religious order called the Company of Jesus. The name of the society was a reflection of the fact that Jesus was supposed to be the true leader of the order and also to reflect the brotherhood and soldier spirit of the order. The name of the society was changed as Societas Jesu in Latin and the term Jesuit was only used as a reproach and was not the official name of the religious order. The founder Ignatius Loyola always wanted to be a professional soldier, but one of his legs was shattered by a cannonball in 1521. He spent a lot of time during his recovery at the castle of Loyola reading religious books. He decided to become a soldier of the Christ and he, along with his six friends, also received a commission from the then Pope to serve as a General.
The spread of Islam was the imminent threat to the Catholics in their mission of spreading Christianity, and Jesuits paid attention to converting Muslims to the fold of Christianity. Counter Reformation that took place in the 16th century was largely a result of the hard, untiring work done by the growing number of Jesuits. The army of the Jesuits literally recaptured the lost area of the Catholic Church while they also worked for education and missionary work wherever they went. By the middle of the 16th century, Catholicism had been taken to new lands such as Japan, Ethiopia, and Brazil.
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Jesuit vs Catholic
One can find Jesuits even today though the military style Society of Jesus has been left behind. Jesuits still carry out missionary work and spread the knowledge about Christianity to wherever they go. They hold the same core beliefs as Catholics do. In fact, they are considered rather more liberal than Catholics. However, this is just stereotyping, and no more as Jesuits remain a part of the catholic religious order. Jesuits also run a lot of colleges and Universities, and in such colleges, the life of Jesus is presented as a role model.
A well written summary. What do the Jesuits think of Freemasons? I happen to be both a Mason and a Catholic and was very disappointed when Fr. Greb, of St. Timothy Church in Mesa, Arizona, recently wrote a very negative piece condemning Free Masonry.
Does anyone really know the truth? The more we assume we know the truth the more others will challenge it. Do you truly believe That Christ died because of his beliefs for all people or not. Whatever your walk in life takes you have faith. some of the apostles and other believers in history had questionable life styles. Hold onto your faith in God and Jesus and I believe the rest will fall in place.
the cause of all misuse and non-justice is “misuse of any intelectual advantage” by high clergy and high power. the result of such misuse is creation of hierarchy to realize that misuse and non-justice as consequence.
everyone has to double check what for the church is using his faith and react if any misuse occurs. however the typical human believes and leaves the church misuse his faith for power and economical gain purposes over the centuries. typical human is scared to go against the authority and power, because the power will take action against him and no other believers will typically protect him against the action of power.
the conceptual solution for this conflict is to keep faith privately, but refuse all church hierarchies and all organized(!) collective madness as f.e. in pentecostalist sects – however this holds for mass-speach of traditional churches as well. the church hierarchy holds power on individual via church ceremonies on typical life events from birth to death and via church authority built on claims doing good and only good for people, having the best intentions only, serving to something good and powerful etc., which is obviously not generally true.
the misuse is possible because the believers and even lower clergy do not know higher levels of hierarchy personally, do not understand connections of their families, clans etc. and cannot guess if the morality and the true goals of the top of the hierarchy is genuine or pretended.
all corruption is always based on misuse of power by church or power hierarchies or strong individuals which built that hierarchies. legal and social system is good tool against common corruption but not enough to prevent “bad thinking” and misuse in high power clans.
Generaly the conscience works among the people of work and do not work among the people who just talk but do not work. The relation to own profession and practical work is often the source of goodness and consciense.
Very interesting and thoughtful comment @Peter Velikij.