For what reason did Catholics purchase indulgences?
To gain status within the church
To guarantee a church burial
To gain absolution for their sins
None of these
One of the chief reasons for the founding of the Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits, was .
to respond to the success of the Protestant Reformers
to counter problems perceived to be in the Catholic hierarchy
to develop a form of Catholic theology that was more effective in reaching foreign cultures
to provide a new method for electing leadership in the Catholic church
to fight as an army of Catholic soldiers against Protestant armies
