noun
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theology or practices of the Jesuits
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informal subtle and equivocating arguments; casuistry
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Origin of Jesuitism
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But he does not slight the other distinctive aspect of Jesuitism: its military discipline as the first Catholic order vowed specifically to the defense of the papacy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jansenism and Jesuitism, opposed as they were, have this in common, that both were movements in that revival of Roman Catholicism which was stimulated by the rivalry of the Protestant Reformation.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
If Jesuitism were now confined to Italy alone, the members of the Christian alliance may, perhaps, be right.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William
In consequence of this victory of the clerical party Catholic Switzerland with Lucerne at its head became a main centre of ultramontanism and Jesuitism.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
The Jesuits have fallen, but Jesuitism has gained ground.
From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules
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