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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Roman Catholic order of regular clergy, founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534, that is strongly committed to education, theological scholarship, and missionary work.
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- noun a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship
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The Society of Jesus is a religious order founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola.
The Jesuits de Brantigny........................ 2008
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The Society of Jesus is a religious order founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola.
Archive 2008-01-06 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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The greatest work of the Society of Jesus is the publication of the "Acta Sanctorum", which has now reached the beginning of November, in 64 volumes.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The Society of Jesus is the second in the enumeration of the forces that produced and directed the great historic movement that we call the Counter-Reformation.
Lectures on Modern history John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868
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Lawyers for the parties are now picking through the nuts-and-bolts finances of the region's Jesuits - formally known as the Society of Jesus, Oregon Province - to decide how much they are worth and how much they will pay in a global settlement to creditors.
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The Society of Jesus is the only Catholic male Religious congregation working in the nation and faces the constant threat of violence.
Spero News 2010
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The Society of Jesus is the formal name for the Jesuits.
Atlas Shrugs 2009
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Since then, devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has been part of the mission and spirituality of the Society of Jesus, aka the Jesuits.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Sexual Abuse and the Sacred Heart of Jesus 2010
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Separately, in recent weeks there have been 153 claims of abuse in Germany at the Society of Jesus, a priestly order, said Ursula Raue, a lawyer handing the cases for the Jesuits.
Pope to Meet on German Abuse Cases Stacy Meichtry 2010
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Separately, in recent weeks there have been 153 claims of abuse in Germany at the Society of Jesus, a priestly order, said Ursula Raue, a lawyer handing the cases for the Jesuits.
Pope to Meet on German Abuse Cases Stacy Meichtry 2010
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