Jesuits or Dominicans

[adawgj]

Which religious order do you think brings about the best intellectuals?
The Dominicans (Order of Preachers)
or the Jesuits (Society of Jesus)

This is just for fun

 

[MJJean]

Hmm, I guess I’ll go with Jesuits.

 

[fnr]

Ooo… tough one. I have friends who are priests in both orders. They’re both intellectual heavyweights. But hmm… Teilhard de Chardin was a Jesuit. Bartolome de las Casas was a Dominican. Yves Congar, Dominican. Much of the scientific revolution, Jesuit. I can’t decide!!!

I think I’ll let the atheists decide who’s more dangerous to them. In Arthur C. Clarke’s dystopian short story, The Star, it’s a Jesuit astrophysicist who’s the center of the story. With that, I’ll have to say… Jesuit.

 

[Captain_America]

The Jesuits are up and down, all over the map; Dominicans stick in the main to Thomas.

 

[Wildkit]

The Jesuits are up and down, all over the map; Dominicans stick in the main to Thomas.

Agreed!

 

[Tatian]

St. Thomas’ theological method is the only one recommended by the Papacy that I know of.