and cities that this work was truly one of the most effective ways to correct ignorance and corruption among the clergy and faithful, to stem the decline of the Church in the face of the Reformation, and to fulfill the motto of the Society of Jesus, “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,”—to the greater glory of God. Loyola was among the first educators to divide a school into grades and classes. There were two degrees of teaching: one superior, embracing theology, law and medicine, and the other preparatory.