Jesuit Cardinals: An Introduction
The strong resistance of Ignatius of Loyola (c.1491-1556), first superior general of the Society of Jesus (1541-56), to the promotion of his confrères to ecclesiastical offices of (arch)bishops and cardinals because such posts were contrary to the spirit of religious life, requires a brief explanati...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 521-525 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church RB Church office; congregation |
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Jesuit cardinal
B Adam Kozłowiecki B Johann Baptist Franzelin B Giovanni Battista Tolomei B Péter Pázmány B Johann Nidhard B Pietro Boetto |
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| Summary: | The strong resistance of Ignatius of Loyola (c.1491-1556), first superior general of the Society of Jesus (1541-56), to the promotion of his confrères to ecclesiastical offices of (arch)bishops and cardinals because such posts were contrary to the spirit of religious life, requires a brief explanation. Ignatius’s opposition was codified in the Jesuit Constitutions with a requirement that each professed Jesuit promise not to accept such dignities. Nonetheless, Loyola and his successors were occasionally pressured to acquiesce to possible papal appointments of different Jesuits to such offices. This issue of the Journal of Jesuit Studies focuses on six of approximately forty-nine cardinals (the definition of Jesuit cardinal can be sometimes tricky for the early modern period). These six represent different historical periods from the late sixteenth until the early twenty-first centuries and different geographical areas, both of origin and of operation (they did not always coincide): Péter Pázmány (1570-1637), Johann Nidhard (1607-81), Giovanni Battista Tolomei (1653-1726), Johann Baptist Franzelin (1816-86), Pietro Boetto (1871-1946), and Adam Kozłowiecki (1911-2007). |
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| ISSN: | 2214-1332 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Jesuit studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22141332-00704001 |