The Society of Jesus has a number of features making it distinctive among the religious orders of the Catholic Church. The ten founders all held university degrees, which meant that they established a tradition of a high regard for learning and of articulated procedures, as exemplified in the Formula instituti (the rule of the order) and in the Constitutions. The high degree of authority enjoyed by the superior general was not only itself distinctive, but it led to a distinctly international character to the Jesuit missions. Once the Society undertook the staffing and management of schools, its distinctiveness only increased and led to its having, besides its religious mission, also a cultural and a civic mission.

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耶稣会的独特性

耶稣会有许多特点，使其在天主教会的宗教秩序中与众不同。十位创始人都拥有大学学位，这意味着他们建立了高度重视学习和明确程序的传统，正如公式学院（秩序规则）和宪法中所体现的那样。上将所享有的高度权威不仅本身与众不同，而且使耶稣会传教团具有明显的国际性。一旦学会承担学校的人员配备和管理，它的独特性只会增加，并导致它除了宗教使命之外，还有文化和公民使命。