I. Beginnings, Character, Organization – II. History to 1773 – III. History from 1814 to the Present – IV. The Jesuits Today
I. Beginnings, Character, Organization
The nucleus of the Society of Jesus (Societas Jesu) was the circle of seven young men, including Ignatius of ¶ Loyola, who met on Montmartre in Paris on Aug 15, 1534, and privately took vows of poverty, chastity, and pilgrimage to the Holy L…