| Description |
xi, 457 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-448) and index. |
| Contents |
Foundations before the Founding -- Ignatius and the First Companions -- The Spiritual Exercises -- Taking Shape for Ministry -- The Basic Framework -- The Campaign for Self-Understanding -- Pastoral Ideals and Practice -- Programs of Ministry -- Ministries of the Word of God -- Preaching -- Sacred Lectures -- Conversation and Publication -- Teaching Christianity -- Missions to the Countryside -- The Exercises in Practice -- Sacraments, Worship, Prayer -- Confession and Casuistry -- Holy Communion and the Eucharist -- Holy Orders -- Music and Worship -- Prayer -- Works of Mercy -- Peacemaking -- Hospitals and Prisons -- Ministry to the Dying -- Ministry to Prostitutes -- Orphans and Daughters of Prostitutes -- Jews and New Christians -- Confraternities and the Marian Congregations -- The Schools -- Toward Messina and Beyond -- The Faith in Education -- Transcending the Modus Parisiensis -- Jesuit Education -- Failures, Frustrations, and Crisis -- Training the Clergy -- The Impact of the Schools -- Religions and Theological Culture -- Scholasticism -- Renaissance Humanism -- Catholic Piety -- Lutheranism and the Empire -- The Jesuits and the Church at Large -- Bishops and Theologians -- The Papacy and the Popes -- Inquisitions and the Banning of Books -- Reform and the Council of Trent -- Prescriptions for the Future -- Constitutions, Rules, and Traditions -- The Vows and Grades of Membership -- The Houses of the Society. |
| Summary |
John W. O'Malley gives us the most comprehensive account ever written of the Society of Jesus in its founding years, one that heightens and transforms our understanding of the Jesuits in history and today. Following the Society from 1540 through 1565, O'Malley shows how this sense of mission evolved. He looks at everything--the Jesuits' teaching, their preaching, their casuistry, their work with orphans and prostitutes, their attitudes toward Jews and "New Christians," and their relationship to the Reformation. All are taken in by the sweep of O'Malley's story as he details the Society's manifold activities in Europe, Brazil, and India. --! From back cover. |
| Subject |
Jesuits -- History -- 16th century.
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Religion.
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Jesuits. (OCoLC)fst00532143
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Jezuïeten.
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| Chronological Term |
1500-1599
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| Indexed Term |
Catholicism Religious orders History |
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
1st Jesuits |
| Other Form: |
Online version: O'Malley, John W. First Jesuits. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1993 (OCoLC)607757503 |
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Online version: O'Malley, John W. First Jesuits. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1993 (OCoLC)624391274 |
| ISBN |
0674303121 (acid-free paper) |
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9780674303126 (acid-free paper) |
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067430313X (pbk.) |
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9780674303133 (pbk.) |
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