Society+of+Jesus(Jesuits)

The Jesuits were a group of followers of the Catholic church formed in reaction to the Protestant Reformation. During this Catholic Reformation, many new monastic orders were founded. Ignatius Loyola founded the "Society of Jesus" to spread the faith through education, like missionaries. These Jesuits became an important influence in Spanish America, where they eventually became too great of a threat and were forced to leave.



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