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Jesuits
The Jesuits, or Society of Jesus, are a Catholic religious institute of men founded by Ignatius of Loyola and approved by Pope Paul III in 1540.
Jesus
Jesus, also known as Jesus Christ or Christ Jesus, was a first-century Jewish preacher in Judea, crucified by Pontius Pilate around 30 or 33 CE and revered as central to Christianity.
Jesus (name)
Jesus (name): English masculine given name from Hebrew Yeshua/Yehoshua (Joshua), meaning "Yahweh saves", via Greek Iesous and Latin Iesus; common as the given name Jesús in Spanish-speaking countries but rare elsewhere.
Jesús Alou
Jesús Alou (Jesús María Rojas Alou), Dominican MLB outfielder (1963–1979) for Giants, Astros, A's, Mets; with brothers Felipe and Matty formed MLB's only all-brother outfield (1963); won 1973–74 World Series with Oakland.
Jesus and the rich young man
Jesus and the rich young man, also called the rich young ruler, is a Gospel episode in which Jesus tells a wealthy man to sell all and follow him.
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery, known as the Pericope Adulterae, is a disputed passage of John 7:53–8:11 omitted by the earliest Greek manuscripts.
Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina
Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina is a Mexican civil engineer and politician, Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation under President Claudia Sheinbaum and previously Mexico City's works secretary.
Jesus Army
The Jesus Army, formally the Jesus Fellowship Church, was a British neo-charismatic church founded in 1969 at Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, by Noel Stanton, known for sharing all possessions.
Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary
Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary is a Gospel episode, Luke 10:38–42, where Jesus contrasts busy Martha with Mary, who listens at his feet.
Jesús Ávila
Jesús Ávila is a Spanish biochemist, born in Madrid in 1945, who has studied the tau protein and Alzheimer's disease for over forty years at the CSIC.
Jesus bloodline
Jesus bloodline: the claim that Jesus of Nazareth married Mary Magdalene and left descendants, popularized by Holy Blood, Holy Grail (1982) and The Da Vinci Code; distinct from the biblical Davidic genealogies in Matthew and Luke and rejected by scholarship.
Jesus Camp
Jesus Camp is a 2006 documentary by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady about Becky Fischer's Kids on Fire Pentecostal camp in Devils Lake, North Dakota; Oscar-nominated, distributed by Magnolia Pictures.
Jesus Carrera
Jesús Carrera is a Spanish hydrogeologist and Research Professor at Spain's CSIC since 2006, known for inverse modeling of groundwater flow, reactive transport simulation, and managed aquifer recharge.
Jesus Christ in Richmond Park
Jesus Christ in Richmond Park, also known as the Fenton video, is a 2011 viral YouTube clip of a black Labrador chasing about 40 deer in Richmond Park, London, filmed by Jake Goodyear, 13, while owner Max Findlay shouted "Fenton! Jesus Christ!".
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's sung-through rock opera on Jesus's last days through Judas's eyes; 1970 double-LP concept album, 1971 Broadway premiere, 1973 Norman Jewison film, and continuing revivals.
Jesus Christ Superstar (album)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1970 concept album): double-LP rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice on Decca, with Ian Gillan as Jesus and Murray Head as Judas; gold in three weeks, banned by BBC, basis of the 1971 Broadway musical.
Jesus Christ Superstar (film)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Norman Jewison's film of the Webber and Rice rock opera, starring Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson, shot in Israel for Universal, eighth highest-grossing film of 1973.
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert is NBC's 2018 Easter Sunday live musical special of the Webber-Rice rock opera, starring John Legend, Sara Bareilles, and Brandon Victor Dixon, staged at Brooklyn's Marcy Avenue Armory before 1,500 people and watched by 9.6 million viewers.
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge: a constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded in 1496 by Bishop John Alcock on the site of the nunnery of St Radegund; formerly one of the smallest colleges, now among the larger ones with about 500 undergraduates.
Jesús Egido
Jesús Egido is a Spanish nephrologist and emeritus professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, known for establishing angiotensin II as a promoter of inflammation and fibrosis in kidney disease.
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde is a Spanish economist, the Howard Marks Presidential Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, known for DSGE models and machine learning in economics.
Jesús Ferreira
Jesús Ferreira, Colombian-born American forward (born 2000, Santa Marta) for Seattle Sounders and USMNT; FC Dallas homegrown, 53 MLS goals, 2022 Young Player of the Year, record-tying 4 goals vs Grenada, 15 USMNT goals, 2023 Gold Cup top scorer.
Jesús Fortea
Jesús Fortea Tejedo (born 2007, Valencia) is a Spanish right-back for Real Madrid Castilla; ex-Levante and Atlético youth, UEFA Youth League 2025/26 and Spain U19 Euro 2026 winner.
Jesús Franco filmography
Filmography of Jesús Franco (Jess Franco, 1930–2013), Spanish director of roughly 180–199 films from Tenemos 18 años (1959) to Al Pereira vs the Alligator Ladies (2012), marked by dozens of pseudonyms, variant cuts, and cult status.
Jesus G. Bernal
Jesus G. Bernal, also known as Jesus Gilberto Bernal, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 2012.
Jesús G. Maestro
Jesús G. Maestro (Jesús González Maestro, born 1967, Gijón) is a Spanish professor of Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature at the Universidade de Vigo, author of the 25-volume Crítica de la razón literaria based on Gustavo Bueno's philosophical materialism, and a viral YouTube lecturer on Cervantes.
Jesús Gallardo
Jesús Gallardo (Jesús Daniel Gallardo Vasconcelos, born 1994, Cárdenas, Tabasco) is a Mexican left back for Toluca and Mexico, a three-time World Cup player (2018, 2022, 2026) with about 126 caps, three Liga MX titles, and three Gold Cups.
Jesús Garzón Heydt
Jesús Garzón Heydt, known as Suso Garzón (1946–2023), was a Spanish naturalist and conservationist who saved Monfragüe from eucalyptus plantations, led Spain's first conservationist administration, and revived transhumance.
Jesús Gil
Jesús Gil is a Spanish cell biologist who studies cellular senescence in aging and cancer, leading the Senescence Research Group at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences in London.
Jesús González
Jesús (Tito) González is an ion-channel biologist, formerly of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, who developed the fluorescent assay that made high-throughput screening of cystic fibrosis drugs possible.