▁as ▁a ▁Church ▁Father , ▁a ▁leading ▁testim ony ▁of ▁Sac red ▁Trad ition . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁declared ▁a ▁Conf essor ▁of ▁the ▁faith ▁and ▁Doctor ▁of ▁the ▁Church . ▁ ▁The ▁Society ▁of ▁Jesus ▁and ▁the ▁Supp ression ▁ ▁After ▁Ign ati us ▁of ▁Lo y ola ' s ▁death ▁and ▁through ▁the ▁ 1 6 th , ▁ 1 7 th ▁and ▁ 1 8 th ▁centuries , ▁the ▁Jes uits ▁became ▁widely ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁school master s ▁of ▁Europe , ▁in ▁part ▁for ▁their ▁reputation ▁as ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁their ▁demonstrated ▁intellectual ▁excell ence ▁as ▁shown ▁through ▁the ▁thousands ▁of ▁text books ▁they ▁author ed . ▁They ▁were ▁also ▁known ▁for ▁their ▁unity ▁with ▁the ▁Pope , ▁which ▁was ▁made ▁explicit ▁by ▁taking ▁a ▁fourth ▁v ow : ▁ob ed ience ▁to ▁the ▁Pope . ▁ ▁Their ▁status ▁in ▁Europe ▁greatly ▁changed ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 3 ▁when ▁Pope ▁Clement ▁XIV ▁gave ▁in ▁to ▁pressure ▁from ▁groups ▁across ▁the ▁continent . ▁Pope ▁Clement ▁fe ared ▁that ▁many ▁would ▁follow ▁the ▁example ▁of ▁Henry ▁VIII ▁of ▁England ▁who ▁abandoned ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church . ▁On ▁the ▁he els ▁of ▁the ▁po pe ' s ▁supp ression ▁of ▁the ▁Jes uits , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁Jes uit ' s ▁educational ▁institutions ▁fell ▁under ▁state ▁government ▁control , ▁and ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁Jes uit ' s ▁books ▁and ▁teaching ▁materials ▁were ▁subsequently ▁destroyed . ▁Over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁order ▁fled ▁to ▁Russia ▁while ▁over ▁