Company of Jesus
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Mama Antula collaborated in the performance of spiritual exercises based on the writings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Company of Jesus in 1534, according to her biographer.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024
The Company of Jesus possessed a fine and valuable library, containing about one hundred and seventy thousand volumes.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various
The Rev Valentin Closa, of the Company of Jesus, who for many years has had charge here, found that some visitors were so irresponsible that thefts were of almost daily occurrence.
From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by James, George Wharton
Many of these are vast buildings, but no one of them is to be compared with the great Jesuit convent, which was the central home and head-quarters of the "Company of Jesus."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various
Spiritual Exercises, 401 f. founds Company of Jesus, 402 f. death, 405. autobiography, 588. judged by Lagarde, 736.
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
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