WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Members of a religious order for the followers of Ignatius of Loyola were called
A
Jesuits
B
Anabaptists
C
Calvinists
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Jesuit, member of the Society of Jesus (S.J.), a Roman Catholic order of religious men founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola, noted for its educational, missionary, and charitable works.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nearly 500 years ago, Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight. In the wake of an injury he sustained in battle, Ignatius came to study the lives of the saints, and carefully examined the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

Detailed explanation-3: -They were the Spaniards Alfonso Salmeron, Diego Laynez, and Nicholas Bobadilla, with the Portuguese Simão Rodrigues, the Basque, Francis Xavier, and Peter Faber, a Savoyard, the latter two becoming his first companions, and his closest associates in the foundation of the future Jesuit order.

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