Papal Bull founding the Society of Jesus

Type Object Region Italy Time 1540

On 27 September 1540, Pope Paul III issued the bull Regimini militantis ecclesiae, formally approving Ignatius of Loyola and his companions to found …

Timeline

1540Rome · RomePaul III approved the founding of the Society of Jesus through Regimini militantis ecclesiae, limiting the order's membership to no more than sixty, and establishing the legal basis for the Ignatian model of centralized training and papal special missions.
c. 1541–1550Rome—global missions · GlobalAfter the bull's approval, Ignatius completed the final draft of the Constitutions in 1541; in the 1540s the Society exceeded the membership limit and sent members to India, Brazil, and elsewhere, rapidly expanding into a global missionary organization on the legal foundation of the bull's authorization.

Sources

Regimini militantis ecclesiae (Bull of Pope Paul III, 1540) — Pope Paul III (1540) https://www.jesuitonlinebibliography.bc.edu/