From Ignatius to Francis: The Jesuits in History

By:

Walsh, Michael, 1937- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Collegeville, Minnesota Liturgical Press Academic 2022Description: 333p 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780814684917

Additional physical formats: Online version:: From Ignatius to FrancisDDC classification:

J93 23/eng/20220613 W168

Other classification:

REL010000 | REL108020

Contents:

Subject(s): Jesuits -- History | RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic | RELIGION / Christian Church / History

Summary: "While recounting the more significant events in the history of the Jesuit order, this book pays particular attention to the controversies that have surrounded it, especially those concerning human freedom"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "Pope Francis is the first member of the Society of Jesus, the Catholic Church's largest religious order of men, to be elected to the papacy in its nearly five-hundred-year existence, even though the Society is known for the special vow of obedience to the papacy taken by its leading members. Yet despite that oath of loyalty, Jesuits and popes have frequently been at loggerheads, eventually leading to one pope imprisoning the Jesuit superior general and entirely abolishing the Society. While recounting the more significant events in the history of the Jesuit order, this book pays particular attention to the controversies that have surrounded it, especially those concerning human freedom"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-311) and index.

Subject(s): Jesuits -- History | RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic | RELIGION / Christian Church / History

"While recounting the more significant events in the history of the Jesuit order, this book pays particular attention to the controversies that have surrounded it, especially those concerning human freedom"-- Provided by publisher.

"Pope Francis is the first member of the Society of Jesus, the Catholic Church's largest religious order of men, to be elected to the papacy in its nearly five-hundred-year existence, even though the Society is known for the special vow of obedience to the papacy taken by its leading members. Yet despite that oath of loyalty, Jesuits and popes have frequently been at loggerheads, eventually leading to one pope imprisoning the Jesuit superior general and entirely abolishing the Society. While recounting the more significant events in the history of the Jesuit order, this book pays particular attention to the controversies that have surrounded it, especially those concerning human freedom"-- Provided by publisher.

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