What effect did the formation of the Society of Jesus have on the Roman Catholic Church?

Question

A.) The Jesuits trained priests, ensuring that qualified people held church positions.
B.) The Jesuit Order was a special group of priests that were allowed to marry.
C.) It helped resolve differences between Catholics and Protestants.
D.) It created a new religion based on Jesuit teachings.

Answer 1

None of the choices are completely correct.

Ignatius de Loyola, a soldier turned priest, wanted to travel, with six of his students, to the Holy Land to convert the Muslims. When that was not possible he petitioned the Pope, Pius III, for found a religious order. They were instrumental in the Counter-Reformation and establishment of schools, particularly the Germanicum and the Gregorian University.