Ignatius of Loyola

in ”Pied Beauty”. The poem opens with the poet’s reverence for God- the Creator . The first line sounds like a faithful and powerful declaration : ” Glory be to God for dappled things” ”This line stems from Hopkins’ Jesuit society of St. Ignatius Loyola, “Ad majorem Dei gloriam”, which, when translated,…

While the Catholic Reformation technically started before the Protestant Reformation, the onset of Protestantism gave it a new character. Before, the church was reforming due to inner necessities, but now the church had actual issues to respond to from the Protestants (Gonzalez, Vol. 2, pg. 138). The three types of the reformation were spiritual, administrative, and doctrinal. The spiritual type included the developmentive new orders. There were the Capuchin Franciscan monastics. They were…

The influence of Luther led to a change on the European landscape. The Roman Catholic Church no longer had influence over the entirety of Europe, allowing new movements influenced by the reformation to emerge. The most influential of these movements were the Calvinism, Anglicanism and militant reformed Catholicism. During the period of the reformation, war and rebellion were commonplace in Europe. Of the aforementioned movements, Calvinism most encouraged war and rebellion. Like Lutheranism,…

Religious Orders and their forms of life What is a religious order? A religious order is an organized community in which each individual seeks to consecrate his life to God through the assumption of certain rules based on the charisma of a founder. There are various charismas, depending on the different needs of the Church. For example, these are orders that focus their work on contemplative prayer, others that focus on education and others on helping the poor. In the Religious Life, vows are…

The Religious Life is an underlying phenomenon of every religion. Many Religious often raise the questions in others: “What is the reason behind becoming a Religious?” and “How can a religion shape your life?” In the following paragraphs, I will indirectly answer those questions by displaying the interpretation and origin of the Religious Life in Jainism and Roman Catholicism. Jainism Jainism is classified as an atheistic creed based in India - largely in Gujarat, Rajasthan and some parts of…

they converted and taught them Catholicism, benefiting the Church since they were gaining more followers throughout Italy, France, and North America (Haberman and Shubert). The Society of Jesus or the Jesuit Order was founded by Spanish nobleman Ignatius Loyola, who claimed that we could shape our behaviour through severe discipline and regular spiritual practices (Haberman and Shubert). They were recognized as a religious order in 1548. The Vatican trusted the Jesuits because of the importance…

The medieval inquisition had played a considerable role in Christian Spain during the 13th century, but the struggle against the Moors had kept the inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula busy and served to strengthen their faith. When toward the end of the 15th century the Reconquista was all but complete, the desire for religious unity became more and more pronounced. Spain’s Jewish population, which was among the largest in Europe, soon became a target. Over centuries, the Jewish community in…

Each year, Gonzaga receives hundreds of applications. In those applications, I’m sure you’ve read about students who are athletic, enthusiastic, energetic, interactive with their teachers, love learning outside the classroom, or who are students who speak many languages. I strive to be a combination of all these things, and more. I am a student that excels both inside and outside the classroom. I believe that through my educational journey, I will learn what is necessary for me to accomplish my…

gatekeeper of church as well. Father Foucquet is a Jesuit missionary, who spent 22 years in China doing more scholar work than missionary one. Jesuits are “members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of religious men founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola, noted for its educational, missionary, and charitable works, once regarded by many as the principal agent of the Counter-Reformation, and later…

However, there is one undeniably positive that came from it as well, which was the Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits. The Jesuits were started by two men who met while studying in Paris. Those two men were Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier (Matthews, 316). The Jesuits started and Spain and were officially recognized by Pope Julius III in 1550 (Matthews, 316). Since then, the Jesuits would go on to have a momentous role in both church reform and missionary activities…