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St Ignatius of Loyola, the Basque nobleman who founded the Society of Jesus in 1540St Edmund Campion, English Jesuit who was martyred during the reign of Elizabeth IFrederick Copleston, 20th century English Jesuit philosopherFrank Turner SJ, Director of OCIPE, the Jesuit information and study centre at the European Parliament in Brussels
  Whoever desires to serve as a soldier of God beneath the banner of the cross in our society, which we desire to be designated by the name of Jesus, and to serve the Lord alone and the Church, his spouse, under the Roman pontiff, the vicar of Christ on earth, should, after a solemn vow of perpetual chastity, poverty and obedience, keep what follows in mind . . . .



The Formula of the Institute
Foundational document of the Society of Jesus, 1540.

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