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Founder of the Jesuit order in the sixteenth century, Ignatius Loyola blended a passionate Christian belief in personal salvation with the ability to lead a truly global organization of individual ‘Companions’ committed to fulfilling this vision. His Society of Jesus was consecrated to saving souls through vows of poverty, service to the underprivileged and faith in the teachings of Jesus Christ. Following the sponsorship of his small band of brothers by Pope Paul III, Loyola became in effect the successful chief executive, or ‘General’, of thousands of Jesuits in Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe engaged in propagating the Christian faith.
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Davis, S.I. (1996). Ignatius Loyola. In: Leadership in Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378100_17
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