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Robert Persons SJ (24 June 1546 – 15 April 1610), later known as Robert Parsons, was an English Jesuit priest. He was a major figure in establishing the 16th-century "English Mission" of the Society of Jesus .
Abstract. This article explores how, and why, Robert Persons's A conference about the next succession to the crowne of Ingland (1594) scandalized late Elizabethan England. By invoking the spectres of popular sovereignty and political resistance, Persons, as is well known, threatened to disrupt the succession of James VI of Scotland to Elizabeth ...
- M. J. M. Innes
- 2019
Learn about Robert Persons, the most significant Jesuit on the English scene in the late 16th century, who supported efforts to overthrow the Protestant regime and preserve Catholicism. This book by Francis Edwards, S.J., explores his life, writings and legacy.
When Fr. Persons arrived in Rome towards the end of March 1597, he found the unruly students in the English College very averse to Spain and particularly enraged by the Book of Succession, “They loathed it,” he reported to Don Juan de Idiaquez, “and said a thousand evil things about it, though they had never seen or read it, based merely on ill-...
- L. Hicks
- 1958
Feb 16, 2022 · Before General Orders No. 9, Robert Persons had never made a film. His first foray into the land of cinema is a mesmerizing experience, a 71-minute reflection upon his home state of Georgia and the somber evolution of a quieter, greener, more gentle America into the loud, cement-highwayed 21st centu
Robert Persons Jesuit, b. at Nether Stowey, Somerset, June 24, 1546; d. in Rome, April 15, 1610
The Christian Directory (1582): The First Booke of the Christian Exercise, Appertayning to Resolution. This volume presents a critical edition of the immensely influential and popular first version of The Christian Directory, by the notorious Elizabethan Jesuit leader, Robert Persons.
