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Just in case you're not familiar, a Jesuit is a member of a Catholic men's religious order known as the Society of Jesus. It was founded by St. Ignatius of Loy
by jawns 5y ago
Just in case you're not familiar, a Jesuit is a member of a Catholic men's religious order known as the Society of Jesus. It was founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola almost 500 years ago.
Some Jesuits are priests (meaning they've been ordained and can do things like celebrate Mass and hear confessions), others are brothers, but all take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, along with a special vow of obedience to the Pope. (Pope Francis himself is a Jesuit -- the first pope to come from that religious order.)
- redis_mlc 5y ago[dead]
- throw0101a 5y ago> others are brothers One of the more well-known ones is Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory ("the Pope's astronomer"): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Consolmagno https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Consolmagno Interview: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DAKaR16cY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DAKaR16cY
- jhncls 5y agoIt should be noted that many Jesuits played a very prominent role in science, including "hard" sciences. For example Georges Lemaître, father of the Big Bang theory.
- andrepd 5y agoThey were also active defenders of native's rights during the early period of colonization of South America. The so-called "Jesuit reductions" in Paraguay/Brasil are even an example of quasi-socialist/anarchist economies and governance on a small scale.