CHAPTER III
ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA AND THE JESUITS
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A great genius in organization.
Career.
Political and religious situation in Europe.
A new knighthood.
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The "Little Company of Jesus."
The Spiritual Exercises.
Jesuit Missions:
India,
Japan,
China,
South America,
Reductions of Paraguay,
North America.
Jesuit Relations, gathering and transmitting knowledge.
Education of the Jesuits;
great pupils;
bibliography.
Activity in the sciences.
Jesuit astronomers.
In other fields.
All things to all men.
Ignatius' legacy of persecution and contumely