The Jesuit community was founded in the year 1540. Jesuit, or the Society of Jesus, played an important role in the renewal of the Catholic Church. Most of the early Jesuits were scholars, teachers, and also trained as missionaries. Some were also preachers who devoted all of their time to helping the sick, imprisoned, and wounded soldiers. In the year 1556, there were about a thousand Jesuits. One hundred years later, there were nearly fifteen thousand. After …showed first 75 words of 529 total…

…showed last 75 words of 529 total…Catholicism throughout the continent of Asia, and all the way across the Atlantic Ocean to the Indians of North America. These were the first real missionaries. As described in the following paragraph, the Jesuits are men of God who believe strongly in their religion. Strong enough to take it to the opposite side of the world, and explore new lands that had never been seen, or even imagined by domestic people in their time period.