WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -What were the Catholic orders that performed missionary work? Jesuits, Dominicans and Franciscans performed missionary work. Which faith’s missionary efforts met with more success and why? The Jesuits had the most success because their number increased from 1, 000 to 15, 000 from 1556-1626.

Detailed explanation-2: -Why might Catholic missionaries have had more success finding converts than Protestant missionaries did? Because catholic missionaries spread their ideas and beliefs first so people converted to Catholicism before they even heard about Protestantism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Catholic Reformation established Catholic orthodoxy and launched a massive, and largely successful, campaign to re-affirm the loyalty and enthusiasm of Catholic laypeople. Meanwhile, Protestant leaders were equally hardened in their beliefs and actively inculcated devotion and loyalty in their followers.