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The Reverend Father

original: "R. P." for Reverendus Pater

JACOB

BALDE

The Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits, is a Catholic religious order. Balde was one of its most celebrated literary figures, often compared to the Roman poet Horace.

COMPLETE

POETICAL

WORKS.

Jacob Balde: A prominent German Jesuit and Neo-Latin poet of the Baroque era.
Society of Jesus: A religious order of the Catholic Church.
Complete Poetical Works: The full collection of an author's poems.
Latin poetry: Verse written in the Latin language, which served as the international language of European scholarship and literature.