Shahid Beheshti University Political and International Approaches 1735-739X 5 1 2013 11 22 Catholicism Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism: a Study of Jesuits Sect Catholicism Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism: a Study of Jesuits Sect 147 174 99096 FA Yazdan Keikhosrow Dolatyari Hadi Ajili Journal Article 2015 05 13 In the middle ages, the area of “economic” was regarded as<br />a branch of divine knowledge within the prevailing frame of<br />thought of the church. Thus clergymen could supervise its<br />details. The tyranny of the church led Luther back from his<br />Augustinian thoughts to a critical approach towards Catholic<br />Church beliefs. Weber discovered the relationship between Ascetic Protestantism<br />and the spirit of capitalism; a worldly asceticism that<br />looks to modify and control the world. Experimental results<br />perfectly verify the validity of Weber’s argument. The main<br />subject of the present study is that, although acknowledging<br />the major role of Luther in the transition to a new era and Weber’s<br />true and subtle allusions to this subject, it seems that<br />in the religious reformation era and because of the necessity<br />of time, great reformers also rose from the Catholic Church. Therefore, the main question of the research is whether we<br />could find a sign of the emergence of capitalism in the Catholic<br />Church. The main hypothesis of the article states that a part of<br />the liberalization and historical secularization occurred inside<br />Catholicism in which Jesuit Catholic sect played an important<br />role. The process extended so far that Jesuits clergies legitimated<br />gavel and their researchers became the missioners of free<br />economy in the world. In the middle ages, the area of “economic” was regarded as<br />a branch of divine knowledge within the prevailing frame of<br />thought of the church. Thus clergymen could supervise its<br />details. The tyranny of the church led Luther back from his<br />Augustinian thoughts to a critical approach towards Catholic<br />Church beliefs. Weber discovered the relationship between Ascetic Protestantism<br />and the spirit of capitalism; a worldly asceticism that<br />looks to modify and control the world. Experimental results<br />perfectly verify the validity of Weber’s argument. The main<br />subject of the present study is that, although acknowledging<br />the major role of Luther in the transition to a new era and Weber’s<br />true and subtle allusions to this subject, it seems that<br />in the religious reformation era and because of the necessity<br />of time, great reformers also rose from the Catholic Church. Therefore, the main question of the research is whether we<br />could find a sign of the emergence of capitalism in the Catholic<br />Church. The main hypothesis of the article states that a part of<br />the liberalization and historical secularization occurred inside<br />Catholicism in which Jesuit Catholic sect played an important<br />role. The process extended so far that Jesuits clergies legitimated<br />gavel and their researchers became the missioners of free<br />economy in the world. https://piaj.sbu.ac.ir/article_99096_6c163075ff0970788e913efe05d24369.pdf