天主教徒与耶稣会士：耶稣会士就是天主教徒——真正的区别在于此

Jesuits are Catholics. The question assumes a difference in kind that does not exist — the Society of Jesus is a religious order inside the Catholic Church, not a separate branch of Christianity. Asking how Catholics differ from Jesuits is like asking how Britons differ from doctors. What a religious order is The Catholic Church contains hundreds of them. Benedictines, Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, Jesuits. Members take vows, live under a rule, and belong to a community with its own leadership…