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