WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the Jesuits contribute to the Counter Reformation?
A
Created a deep split within the church that led to war.
B
Esablished the modern method of selecting a new Pope.
C
Tooke the stance that reformation started with the church and not the individual.
D
Began a successful conversion of millions worldwide to Catholicism.
Explanation: 

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: -Additionally, Catholicism achieved a global reach through the many missionary endeavours that were initiated during the Counter-Reformation. These reforms and growth did much to maintain Catholicism as the dominant Christian tradition.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Jesuits were the largest of the new orders of the Catholic Reformation. They were the most clerical and highly organised. They were the most Roman-for their Basque founder, Ignatius Loyola, committed to his Company, as he usually called it, to the service if the papacy and made Rome his headquarters.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Jesuits had three goals: to establish highly disciplined schools, to propagate Catholic beliefs through missionary work, and to combat Protestantism. The Jesuits quickly became the militant arm of the Papacy and the Catholic Church.

Detailed explanation-6: -The Jesuits’ skill in communicating with the Huron, their willingness to live among them and learn their customs, as well as their compassion for them all contributed to the success of the Jesuit mission.

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