Among the numerous Catholic monastic orders of medieval Europe, the Jesuit Order, created in the 15th century by Ignatius Loyola, occupies a special place. His influence on the state and legal ideology through the education and up-bringing system of the population proved successful and had longterm significance, and not only in the West. Representatives of the Russian elite studied in Jesuit educational institutions. The instructions, ideas, educational plan, and methods of personal development created by I. Loyola have been preserved to the present day. In the context of social conflicts in Europe between Catholics and Protestants, the coming Reformation, he contributed to the preservation of peace through his social service and the pursuit of the common good.
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