Jesuits in France

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Jesuits in France are members of the Society of Jesus, a Catholic religious order known for its influential role in French education, intellectual life, and missionary activity from the early modern period to the present.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
French Jesuits 1
Jesuit Province of France 1
Jesuits in France canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic religious order presence
religious community
activity education
higher education
intellectual life
missionary work
philosophical scholarship
publishing
retreat ministry
secondary education
social justice work
spiritual direction
theological scholarship
country France
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
experiencedEvent anti‑clerical laws of the Third Republic
expulsion during the French Revolution
foundedBy Ignatius of Loyola
foundingOrder Society of Jesus
governingUnit Jesuits in France self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jesuit Province of France

Jesuit regions
surface form: Jesuit Province of Western Europe
hasMember Jesuits in France self-linksurface differs
surface form: French Jesuits
historicalPeriod 19th century
20th century
21st century
Ancien Régime
French Revolution
surface form: French Revolution era

early modern period
influenced French Catholic theology
French education system
French intellectual life
French missionary activity
French philosophy
knownFor Jesuit colleges
Jesuit lycées
Jesuit universities
rigorous classical education
spiritual exercises of Ignatius of Loyola
language French
motto Ad maiorem Dei gloriam
opposedBy Encyclopédistes
surface form: Enlightenment philosophes

Gallican Church
surface form: Gallican clergy

Jansenism
surface form: Jansenists in France
partOf Society of Jesus
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
restoredIn 19th century
suppressedBy Louis XV of France
Parlement of Paris
suppressedIn 1764
tradition Ignatian spirituality

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesuits in France hasMember Jesuits in France self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: French Jesuits
Jesuits in France governingUnit Jesuits in France self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jesuit Province of France