How did the Jesuits help spread Catholicism outside Europe?

Answer 1

The Jesuits were a militaristic religious order. Their task was to regain believers back to the Catholic Church after Reformation. They had very strict rules and this way they showd how clean the Catholic church became. Their leader was Ignatius Loyola.

Answer 2

Jesuits were originally created for the purpose of direct and immediate obedience to the reigning Pontiff. Very early on they worked that obedience out in the two-fold purposes of evangelization or re-evangelization (in the case of the protestants) and education of youth.

Answer 3

Catholic AnswerThe Jesuits were created to strengthen and restore Christianity, especially where it had been devastated by the protestant revolt; and to preach it in foreign lands.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Jesuits. The Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola and approved by Pope Paul III in 1540. As conceived by the founder, it had a twofold aim: to strengthen and where necessary to restore the Catholic faith in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, and to preach the Gospel in non-Christian lands. Typical of the first purpose was the establishment of colleges throughout Europe, and the second purpose was the development of worldwide mission enterprises in Asia, Africa, and the newly developed Americas.

Answer 4

Roman Catholic Answerfrom A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957

The Jesuits. The Society, at first called Company, of Jesus, an order of clerks regular founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1534. Whilst the primary end of the Society is to be at the call of the pope for whatever work is required, its chief apostolic labours are the education of youth and foreign missions. In addition to their numerous schools and colleges for lay pupils, Jesuits are in charge of a number of seminaries in Rome and elsewhere and such pontifical institutions as the Gregorian University, and are strongly represented on Roman congregations and commissions; outstanding in their scholarship is the work of the Bollandists and they are responsible for mission territories in many parts of the world (including Alaska [in 1949]). They have a number of priests of Byzantine rite, working chiefly among Russians and other Slavs. The solemn vows of religion are taken by a special section of the priests when they make their second profession, or, as is said, "take their last vows" to which is added a fourth, of special obedience to the Holy See to go wherever sent on missions. The training undergone is long, arduous and varied. A devoted spirit of obedience, versatility and efficiency are characteristic of the Society. Its rules are contained in the "institutum Societatis Jesu," especially the constitutions as drawn up by St. Ignatius himself; in view of fables current about the society, it may be noted that these rules are not secret. The Society is divided throughout the world into provinces, governed by provincials under the father general residing in Rome. The English province conducts the boarding-colleges of Stonyhurst, Beaumont and Mount St. Mary's, as well as secondary day schools, numerous parishes, and retreat houses in Great Britain, and missions in British overseas territory. Ireland and Canada has each its own province, and there are four in the United States, where the Society's educational establishments are very numerous, including Fordham University in New York, Marquette at Milwaukee, Loyola at Chicago and New Orleans, and Georgetown. It is the largest of the religious orders....

Answer 5

If by spread you mean impose their faith on others who neither wanted or needed it, yes they did.If by spread you mean destroy native culture and language in areas they worked in, yeas they did.

Answer 6

They spread the Catholic faith by their mission on abroad.They had the burning desire to proclaim the good news to the ends of the earth.

Answer 7

They were founded by St Ignatius Loyola. They are a highly disciplined group who were able to be deployed by the Pope wherever they were needed.

Answer 8

They cared for the sick and worked for social justice.

They founded schools that focused on Catholic teachings.

Answer 9

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