The history of Jesuits in Latin America Essay

The history of Jesuits in Latin America is closely connected with the Indios Guaraní of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. At the beginning of the 17th century the first settlement of Jesuits was established in South America. From that time and for about 150 years the Jesuits provided the bold experiment in religious colonization. The Jesuits missions were saved from the invasion of other colonists, because they received this region to the possession of Society of Jesus in return of their loyalty and financial support.
The mission of Society of Jesus in Latin America was the creation of ideal colony with the God’s help. The activity of Jesuits in South was not only missionary one; it involved the defense from slave-traders, social activities like birth control and free services for poor, humanitarian and educational activities. The last one was, probably, the most successful their activity: the Jesuits had the great experience in educational activity, they were known in the Europe as educators in 16th century. They established schools and soon they achieved the total literacy among the Guarani Indios. This is no wonder that the first typography of the New World was built by the Jesuits. Till the modern time the Jesuit settlements in Latin America are called the triumph of humanity, because they became the example of democratically society democracy a century before North America. It is obvious that the history of Latin America would have been quite different without the influence of the Jesuits.
Thus, the thesis of this research is the following: “The activity of Society of Jesus in South America as the unique precedent of religious colonization and its further impact on the development in this region”.

 
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