JESUIT ENTERPRISESAS THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATION OF THE STATE OF CHRISTIAN VALUES (ECUADOR, XVII-XVIII CENT.)

The article is devoted to one and the most interesting and controversial Catholic monastic orders - Society of Jesus. This article will attempt to prove that contrary to popular belief, the ultimate goal of the Jesuits in Latin America in the XVII-XVIII centuries was not enriched but construction of its own state. On the basis of Jesuits enterprise’s economic activity analysis, the author will attempt to prove that the Jesuits, without realizing it, began to use all kinds of work organization such as feudal and, most interestingly, communist, what their encourage the Inca empire experience.

State Christian values, Latin America, Ecuador, Society of Jesus, Jesuit enterprises (reductions, colleges)