Chapter 15 The Reformation, St. Ignatius, and Jesuits

Theatines

Congregation of Clerics Regular, reform clergy, usually aristocracy and austere

Capuchin

1528, reform of Franciscans, wanted to be eremitical. Started as early missionaries to protestants and non-catholics

Theatines

Congregation of Clerics Regular, reform clergy, usually aristocracy and austere

Capuchin

1528, reform of Franciscans, wanted to be eremitical. Started as early missionaries to protestants and non-catholics

Capuchin abbreviation

OFMCAP

Vincentians

Lazarists in France,1625, run St. Johns university

St. Vincent De Paul

Founded the Vincentians

CM

Congregation of the Mission

Carmelites

Started in Mt.Carmel in Palestine. Follow the prophet Elijah as a model.

Discalced Carmelite Mystics

St. John of the Cross and St. Terese of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila

Urged reform of the women’s branch. Started 16 monasteries. 1580 women recognized as own order

St. John of the Cross

Urged reform of the men’s branch, to a more contemplative withdrawal

Battle of Pamplona 1521

Ignatius of Loyola fought against the French

Montserrat

Ignatius prayed to the shrine, gave up his sword and knife. Gave his fine clothes to a fine person

University of Alcala, then Salamanca

Ignatius’s first two colleges

University of Paris roommates

Francis Xavier and Peter Faber

Montmartre 1534

Ignatius, Xavier, and Faber and four other men take vows together

Pople Paul III

Approved the Society of Jesus in 1544 and called the Council of Trent

Discernment of spirits

Using your emotions to find what Gods wants you to do. Consolation and Desolation

Vainglory

Fixation of glory for oneself

Cannonball moment

A moment of severe change in one’s life

God in All Things

God is present in everything

Agere Contra

To go against. Tackle your biggest fears head on

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam

For the greater glory of God

Magis

More

Cura Personalis

Care for the whole person. Caring for your whole body, mental and physical.

Colloquy

Praying to God, as if talking to a friend

Indifference

Do not let something hold you up. Keep moving forward

Assume Good Intent

Believe people are telling the truth and have good intentions

Composition of Place

Praying inside scripture with your imagination

perinde Ac Cadaver

As if a lifeless body

The Examen

Jesuit daily reflective prayer

Soul

Emphasized the soul’s free cooperation with grace

Scripture

Emphasized Scripture and Tradition as Revelation

Sacraments

Defended the 7 sacraments

Vulgate

Defended the Vulgate

Icons

Defended the use of images of Christ, Mary, and the saints.