HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Francis De Sales, Christian Meditation, Calvinism
12 Apr 2020
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Organized regionally and hierarchically, the jesuits were led by various provincials. The rank and file of the order was not meant to be tied down. They had to be ready to move across europe and the world when needed. Like the dominicans and franciscans before them, the jesuits saw the value of education. Spurning the radical ascesis of his earlier life. He advised a moderate approach to contemplation via his spiritual exercises. Even everyday christians could go on retreat with the jesuits and get a crash course in christian meditation. This jesuit system of education and formation produced a new generation of catholic leaders. As jesuit influenced franciscan, francis served as bishop of geneva. He could never enter his city due to the power of the calvinists there: charles borromeo. They influenced non-jesuit leaders like cardinal archbishop charles borromeo of milan. He helped to blend the jesuit mission into the tridentine reforms. He also aided england"s persecuted catholics: english persecutions.
