In the beginning they were. Ignatius Loyola was a Soldier before becoming a priest after being wounded. He laid the rules of the Society along Military lines. He required that everyone be educated to be able to give well thought out responses to criticism, some justified, of the church. that was the opening for the devil, he attacked the Jesuits through their schooling. My mom always wanted me to be a Jesuit, she loved them in the 50's. by the time she died in 1990 she was glad I hadn't.
In the beginning they were. Ignatius Loyola was a Soldier before becoming a priest after being wounded. He laid the rules of the Society along Military lines. He required that everyone be educated to be able to give well thought out responses to criticism, some justified, of the church. that was the opening for the devil, he attacked the Jesuits through their schooling. My mom always wanted me to be a Jesuit, she loved them in the 50's. by the time she died in 1990 she was glad I hadn't.