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Tim J.

Martin X. Moleski, SJ typed:
On Wed, 24 May 2006 18:14:06 GMT,
(David Bostwick) wrote in :

By the way, "SJ"? Does that mean what any literate person would
presumably assume it does?

Depends on your definition of literate. IIRC, it stands for Society
of Jesuits (although it's probably really Latin, eh, Martin?).

"SJ" is English--"Society of Jesus.". Latin had no letter "J,"
so it would be "Societas Iesu" (SI). Italian:
La Compagnia di Gesù. And so on ...

"Jesuit" is derived from the Latin "Iesu ita," which
means "like Jesus."

A lot of folks think that we're not too Jesus-like. Some
went to their Bibles and found the Jebusites, a tribe
inimical to the house of Israel, and used that word
instead.

And that's why you might also hear us called "Jebs"
or "Jebbies."

[To the proponent and folks interested in fishing:
sorry for the thread drift.]

I heard he was one helluva fisherman, so that's about as on-topic as it gets
around here.
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TL,
Tim
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