Question

How did the differences between Ignatius’ society and older orders reflect the changes of the Counter-Reformation?

Answer 1

The Catholic Reformation or Counter Reformation was the efforts of the Catholic Church to rehabilitate the Church and to win back people to the faith.  Various orders were mobilized to attain these goals.  The Clerics of St. Paul who were also known as Barnabites was founded to care for people who were suffering and to uplift their moral standards.  Another order was the Cleric Residents of Somascha also known as the Somaschi who worked in hospitals and orphanages.  Others like the Capuchins who are still part of the Franciscan Order led simple lives were involved in works of charity.  The Ursulines were devoted to educating girls.  The most aggressive was the Society of Jesus founded by St. Ignatius Loyola.  Its followers were very aggressive in spreading the faith and they were educated as well as talented.  They also spread the faith beyond Europe gaining more converts to the Catholic faith.   Though they differed in their approach all these orders helped in making the Counter Reformation a success.