Round 8: Tossup 3

A tradition of “indifference” espoused by this group’s founder “to all created things” discourages “inordinate attachments” to things like health and sickness in favor of dedicating oneself to serving God. A “discernment of spirits” is advocated by this group to understand the “motions of the soul” as part of the daily Examen. “First (10[1])Studies” and “Regency” are among the stages experienced by this group’s novitiates during “formation.” A fourth vow (-5[1])of “special obedience to the sovereign pontiff” can be made by members of this group. (-5[1])A process of extracting general moral principles from specific cases associated (10[1])with this group was attacked in the Provincial Letters of Blaise Pascal. For 10 points, what Catholic order known for reasoning with casuistry (10[1])was founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola? (10[2]) (10[2])■END■

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