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Roman Catholic AnswerGreat Heavens, no. One of the reasons the Jesuits were formed was to deal with the protestant heresy and try to bring the people back to the church. Calvanist beliefs are a far remove from Christian beliefs, and the Calvanists were some of the people the Jesuits were trying to save.
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Jesuits combined Catholic beliefs with Huguenot beliefs?

The Huguenots were the French protestants. The Jesuits were formed primarily to combat the protestant heresy. I don't know where you got this idea, but some of the stuff on the web for Huguenots and Jesuits suggest that the two were bitter enemies, and that the Huguenots were responsible in some way for the suppression of the Jesuits. Either way, there is no way that the Jesuits ever combined Catholic beliefs with protestant beliefs - that would give a lie to their whole reason for existing.


Jesuits combined Catholic beliefs with what beliefs?

The Jesuits are completely Catholic, they were founded by St. Ignatius Loyola and approved by Pope Paul III in 1540. Their spirituality grew out of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and its structure and discipline were embodied in the detailed Constitution that St. Ignatius composed. Everything in the Jesuits was founded on Catholic beliefs, it was not combined with anything outside the Catholic faith. St. Ignatius spiritual exercises and his Constitutions were composed entirely from a Catholic framework.


What did the Jesuits combine with Catholic doctrine?

The Jesuits combined missionary zeal and a great education with Catholic doctrine.


Jesuits priest and roman Catholic priest is the same?

Jesuits are one order within the Roman Catholic Church. not all RC priests are Jesuits but all Jesuit priests are Roman Catholic.


Are the jesuits the united pentecostal church?

No. The Jesuits are associated with the Catholic church.


Are jesuits Jewish?

No, they're Catholic.


Were the Jesuits protestant?

No, the Jesuits, as conceived by St. Ignatius, were formed to strengthen the Catholic faith and restore it where it had been lost due to the protestant revolt.


What is difference between Jesuit and other Catholic beliefs?

There is no such thing as a Jesuit or Dominican Catholic. They are all Catholics. A man who discerns a vocation to the Society of Jesus, started by St. Ignatius would become a Jesuit, he remains a Catholic. Likewise, a man (or woman) who discerns a vocation to the Dominicans would become a Dominican Friar (or Sister) but remain a Catholic. Jesuits and Dominicans are two religious Orders within the Church. Jesuits have two main vocations: to teach and to preach the faith to non-Catholics. Originally, the Order was founded to fight the protestant heresy. The Domicans were founded as an Order of Preachers, they were originally founded to fight the Arian heresy. Needless to say, the Dominicans have been a little bit more successful than the Jesuits, when was the last time you ran into an Arian vs. a protestant?


How did the Jesuits influence catholic reform?

Actually the Jesuits fought AGAINST the Reformation. That's what they are most famous for.


What is the religious belief of a Jesuit priest?

Jesuit's are Catholics. They initially started as a group of men who considered themselves God's enforcers, and were granted positions of priesthood after approaching the Pope. Eventually, the Jesuits started gaining influence over the church and took many of the measures that formed the Catholic institution we know today. So, the Jesuit Order's basic beliefs are roughly the same as a Catholic's.


How did the Jesuits propose stop ping the spread of protestants beliefs?

They were the largest roman catholic religous order led by Ignatius Loyola. They caused war and other things to slow down the advance of protestanism.


What do the Jesuits believe?

Jesuits believe in the Society of Jesus, which is a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, among others. They believe in the reformation of the Catholic church.