Question

The Society of Jesus undertook each of the following tasks EXCEPT:

Extending the Roman Catholic Church’s reach through missions.
Defending the doctrine of justification by faith alone.
Serving the papacy.
Preaching and teaching.
Holding people accountable to Roman Catholic doctrine.

Answer 1

Defending the doctrine of justification by faith alone.

The Jesuits were founded to strengthen and spread Catholicism and to counter Protestantism; they opposed the Protestant doctrine of sola fide rather than defend it.