WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Jesuits helped carry out two major objectives of the Counter-Reformation: Catholic education and missionary work. The Jesuits established numerous schools and universities throughout Europe, helping to maintain the relevance of the Catholic church in increasingly secular and Protestant societies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) was a leader of the Spanish Reformation. He founded the Society of Jesus, a religious order better known as the Jesuits, and wrote the Spiritual Exercises to guide the prayer life and spiritual formation of monks who entered the order.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Jesuits were the finest expression of the Catholic Reformation shortly after the Protestant reform began. The Society is attributed to its founder, Ignatius of Loyola. As a layman, Ignatius viewed Christendom in his context as a society under siege.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jesuit missionaries established missions around the world from the 16th to the 18th century and had both successes and failures in Christianizing the native peoples.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Catholic Church was facing the crisis of the Protestant Reformation when the Jesuits were founded. By seeking to break away from Rome, the Protestants encouraged efforts at reform within Catholicism.