Chapter XLIV: Conclusion (3)

Quinet, on the “Paraguay Missions,” 306

R.

Raggonico, character of, 338

Ranke, on the “State of Religion in America,” 298;
on the “Commerce of the Jesuits,” 336;
on the “Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain,” 352

Ratio Studiorum, or Code of School Legislature, 213;
importance of the, 224;
condemned by the Inquisition, 231

Ravaillac, the assassin of Henry IV, 254;
Jesuits accused as his accomplices, ibid.

Rectors, appointment of, 38, 49, 55

Reductions, or Village Missions, 302;
life in the, 303, 304;
government of the, 305, 306;
insurrections in the, 333

Re-establishment of the Jesuits in France, 436

—— of the Jesuits in Rome, 439-447;
consequences of the, 447

Reform, political, encouraged by the sovereigns of Europe, 33

Reformation, dawn of the, 6;
progress of, in Europe, 8, 30;
opposed by the Jesuits, 90, 95, 235;
results of, in Germany, 199

Regalisti of the Court of Rome, 363

Regeneration, doctrine of, 18

Relics, restoration of, in Germany, 199, 200

Religion of the Jesuits, 194;
taught in schools, 216;
superstitions of the, 308

Republic, veneration of the Romans for the, 366

—— Venetian, Jesuits expelled from the, 227

Reservation, mental, encouraged in confession, 244

Restrictions imposed on the Jesuits in France, 177

Revolution of 1688, in England, 294;
causes of the, ibid.

—— of 1830, prepared by the Jesuits, 454;
causes of the, 457

—— French, conduct of the Jesuits in the, 436, 455

Revolution in Rome, 170, 171;
causes of the, 475;
results of the, 476, 477

Rheims, Jesuit college at, 168

Ricci, General, 348;
efforts of, to save the Society, 357;
denies the wealth of the Jesuits, 410;
is sent prisoner to the Castle of St. Angelo, 411;
death of, 430

Richelieu, Cardinal, 233;
Jesuit influence under, 266, 267

Riots in England, 169

Rochelle, siege of, 270

Rodolph II, persecutes the Protestants in Germany, 201

Rodriguez, conversion of, to Jesuitism, 23;
mission of, to Portugal, 59;
recall of, 82

Romanism, restored in Germany, 201

—— in Poland, 202

—— in Sweden, 203

Romans, opposition of, to the Jesuits, 472;
gallant defence of their country by, 476

Rome, charitable institutions of, 59;
opposition to the Jesuits in, 89;
Jesuit influence in, 384;
return of the Jesuits to, 447;
the ruin of England desired by, 465;
Jesuits expelled from, 473;
civil wars in, 475;
entered by the French, 478, 479

Rosaries, use of, vindicated, 249

Rossi, mission of, to Rome, 457, 458

Rules for the admission of Postulants, 31, 32, 37

—— for the expulsion of members, 42

—— of the Inquisition, 61

—— of the Jesuit schools, 213, 215

—— to be observed in making saints, 257, 262

Russia, Jesuits protected in, 423, 430;
progress of the Society in, 432;
Jesuits expelled from, by Alexander, 433-435

S.

Saints, Catholic, requisitions for, 14

—— Jesuit, 35, 257;
canonization of, 258-262, 301 _n._;
number of, at the suppression of the Order, 408

Saldanha, Cardinal, censures the Jesuits, 338

Salmeron, mission of, to Ireland, 64

Saragossa, opposition to the Jesuits in, 81

Sardinia, Jesuit King of, 448

Scholastics, or, Scholars, 44;
Classification of, 49;
vows of the, ibid.;
mode of training, 214, 215;
studies of the, 221

School of St. Cyran, 233

Schoolmasters, Jesuit, 216

Schools of the Order, 39;
professors of the, 196;
code of legislation for, 213;
masters of the, 217;
influence of the, 455

—— for the poor, 197;
servants educated in, 455

Sicily, Jesuits in, 433

Scotland, missions of the Jesuits to, 152;
their influence in, 169

Secreta Monita, the, 250;
reason why they are believed to be apocryphal, 251

Secret Class of the Jesuits, 45, 462;
supposed members of, in England, 464

Sherwin, trial and execution of, 163

Siege of Paris, 184

Siestrencewiecz, 431

Sigismond, King of Sweden, supports the Jesuits, 195;
is nominated their King, 202;
succeeds John III, 205

Silesia, Jesuits in, 424, 425

Simoncelli, 484

Simony, sin of, 373, 374

Sin, Jesuit notions of, 238

Sinigallia, execution at, 481, 484

Sixtus V, 184;
supports the League, 188;
takes part with Acquaviva, 211

Sisters of Port Royal, 233;
persecution of, 274

—— of the Sacred Heart, 455

Society of Jesus, 24;
founders of the, 29;
constitution of the, 44, 316, 318;
great change in the policy of the, 224;
overgrowing influence of, 253;
authenticity of the, 263;
attachment of members to the, 321;
destruction of, 325;
reformation of, 346;
suppression of, 374;
progress of the, 407;
origin of, 408;
re-establishment of, 439;
character of, 494

—— established in Spain, 209;
abolished from Spain, 350

—— abolished in France, 348

Sovereignty, supported by the Jesuits, 195;
Jesuit doctrine of, 493

Spain, success of the Jesuits in, 62;
oppositions raised against them in, 78;
works of the Inquisition in, 148;
General Acquaviva’s influence in, 228, 274;
political reform encouraged in, 331;
American possessions of, exchanged with Portugal, 333;
Jesuits expelled from, 350;
restored to, 450

Speculations, commercial, of the Jesuits, 336

Spies of the Jesuits, 35;
payment of, 45

Spiritual Exercises, origin of the book of, 15;
quotations from the, 16-20;
opinions of Cardinal Wiseman on the, ibid.;
the work submitted to the Inquisition, 89

Squillace, Minister of Spain, 331

St. Bartholomew’s Eve, 159

St. Cyran, Abbot of, 232;
school of, 233

St. Petersburg, Jesuits expelled from, 434

St. Thomas, theology of, 230

States of the Church, seized from the Jesuits, 359;
miserable condition of the, 479

—— Roman, political trials in the, 482

—— Venetian, expulsion of the Jesuits from the, 227;
their return to the, 228

Stoneyhurst, settlement of the Jesuits at, 459, 460

Styria, Jesuits in, 452

Sully, on the recall of the Jesuits to France, 225, 226

Superiors, appointment of, 49;
duties of, 55;
immorality of, 319

Superstitions of the Jesuits, 197

Suppression of the Jesuits, 380-383;
powers united in the accomplishment of the, 386;
brief for the, 387, 406;
conduct of the Jesuits during the period of, 422

Sweden, teachings of the Jesuits in, 194;
becomes a Romish province, 203;
restoration of, to the Protestants, 204

Switzerland, dawn of the Reformation in, 8;
invaded by the Jesuits, 450, 458;
Jesuits established in, 306

T.

Tambourini, elected General, 325

Tanucci, Minister of Spain, 331

Tavora, Marquis of, accused of assassinating the king, 340;
persecution of the family of, ibid.

—— Marchioness of, executed, 341

Theatines, origin and doctrines of the Order, 25

Theologians, Jesuit, 235

Theology of the Jesuits, 230

Thiers, Jesuits opposed by, 457

Thirty Years’ War, 278;
advantages derived by the Jesuits from the, 279

Thomists, doctrines of the, 232

Tilly, 278

Toledo, opposition to the Jesuits in, 80

Torrigiani, Cardinal, 339

Tournon, Cardinal, Pope’s Legate to India, 114;
decree of, forbidding Malabar rites, 115-117;
mission of, to China, 123;
banishment of, 125;
imprisonment and death of, 127

Transgression, doctrine of, 238

Trials, political, in the Roman States, 482-484

Tuscany, Jesuits in, 486;
persecution of Christians in, 487

U.

Universities, Jesuit, 196

University of Cracow, letter of, addressed to the University of
Louvain, 281

—— of Louvain, 281

Urban VIII, Pope, 233

V.

Vasquez, Gabriel, on the “Political Creed” of the Jesuits, 192

Venice, Jesuit power in, 227

Verger de Hauranne, Abbot of St. Cyran, 232

Verona, persecution of Protestants at, 477

Vicar-General, appointment of, 320

—— —— of Russia, 431

Vienna, Jesuit schools of, 197

Virgin Mary, the worship of, taught by the Jesuits, 247-250

Vitelleschi elected General of the Order, 256;
character of, 316;
influence of the General’s decline during his Generalate, 317

Voltaire, character of, 347

Vows of the Coadjutors, 56

—— Jesuits, 24, 26;
formula of the, 47

—— Novices, 46

—— Professed, 51, 52

—— Scholars, 46

Voyages of Lainez, 143

W.

Waldenses, characteristics of the, 206;
persecution of, by the Jesuits, 207, 453

Wall, Minister of Spain, 431

Walsingham aids Parry’s conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth, 166

War between Sweden and Poland, 205

—— declared against Rome, 422

Wars of the Jesuits, 278, 279, 422

Wars, Civil, in France, 179;
origin of the, ibid.;
projected by the Pope, 182;
termination of the, 183

—— in Rome, 475-480

—— in Switzerland, 206, 458;
instigated by the Jesuits, ibid.

Wealth of the Jesuits, 39, 408;
means by which it is acquired, 40, 42, 150, 279;
effects of the, 82;
estimate of 409, 491;
sources of, ibid.

Weeks of spiritual exercises, 16-18

Weld, Mr., estates in England presented to the Jesuits by, 459;
son of, enters the Order, 460

West Indies, commerce of the Jesuits in the, 336

White Russia, Jesuits in, 430, 433

Wilna, persecution of the Protestants in, 280

William, King of Nassau, treachery of the Jesuits to, 453

Wiseman, Cardinal, on the “Spiritual Exercises,” 16;
mission of, to England, 64

Worship of images encouraged, 249

—— of the Virgin Mary inculcated by the Jesuits, 247

Writers, Jesuit, 222

Writings of the Jesuits, 224, 247

X.

Xavier, Francis, a Companion of the Order, 23;
mission of, to Portugal, 59;
character of, 98;
mission of, to India, 99, 100;
his conduct at Goa, 101;
his mission to the coast of Malabar, 103;
to China, 105;
exertions of, to convert idolators, 102;
illness and death of, 106;
canonization of, 257, 262

Ximenes, Cardinal, college erected by, at Alcala, 22

Y.

Year, secular, solemnization of the, 263

Yorkshire, estates in, presented to the Jesuits, 459, 460

Z.

Zelanti, of the Court of Rome, 363

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Transcriber’s Note

A list of changes made to the text to correct suspected printing errors follows. Accents have been standardised (Crétineau for example was often printed as Cretineau) and punctuation has been amended without note.

Page xi, “Carraffa” changed to “Caraffa” (Pierre Caraffa,
afterwards Paul IV.)

Page xvi, “Bartolis” changed to “Bartoli”
(Bartoli—Segneri—Bourdaloue)

Page xvi, “Cryan” changed to “Cyran” (Du Verger de Hauranne,
Abbot of St Cyran)

Page xvii, “Cemetry” changed to “Cemetery” (in the Cemetery of
St Lorenzo)

Page xviii, “Walenstein” changed to “Wallenstein” (Tilly,
Wallenstein, and Piccolomini)

Page xx, “La Valette” changed to “Lavallette” (Affair of
Lavallette)

Page xxiv, “Bragellette” changed to “Brugellette” (Their
Colleges of Brugellette and Friburg)

Page 20, “aleady” changed to “already” (already mentioned
preludes)

Page 51, “recal” changed to “recall” (to recall missionaries)

Page 65, “of” changed to “off” (shake off all tedious prolixity)

Page 98, “ot” changed to “to” (he resolved to gain him over)

Page 103, “interpeters” changed to “interpreters” (whom he had
converted, as his interpreters)

Page 116, “tbuse” changed to “abuse” (this detestable abuse)

Page 132, “sacrilegous” changed to “sacrilegious” (All these
sacrilegious pantomimers)

Page 143, “Potestants” changed to “Protestants” (The
Protestants took no part)

Page 154, “Catholies” changed to “Catholics” (Nor were the
Roman Catholics merely contented)

Page 162, “Batholomew” changed to “Bartholomew” (spoke of
another Saint Bartholomew)

Page 162, “vigilence” changed to “vigilance” (the vigilance and
severity of the government)

Page 196, “degeee” changed to “degree” (in the highest degree
fit for their task)

Page 197, “strengthed” changed to “strengthened” (in order to
be strengthened for their confirmation)

Page 248, “eveniny” changed to “evening” (_Good day, Good
evening_)

Page 350, “beseiged” changed to “besieged” (besieged the
minister in his house)

Page 361, “Rizzonico” changed to “Rezzonico” (the memory of
Rezzonico)

Page 362, “Emminentissimi” changed to “Eminentissimi”
(spiritual friends of the Eminentissimi)

Page 390, “their” changed to “there” (there arose in the bosom
of this Society)

Page 412, “Transteverini” changed to “Trasteverini” (in
particular, the Trasteverini, hailed the Pope)

Page 419, “Thy” changed to “The” (The physicians who assisted)

Page 428, “downfal” changed to “downfall” (the downfall of
monarchical government)

Page 438, “seventeeth” changed to “seventeenth” (the Jansenists
and Calvinists in the seventeenth, and)

Page 440, “Rezzonnico” changed to “Rezzonico” (as Ganganelli
said of the bull of Rezzonico)

Page 449, “beseiged” changed to “besieged” (often besieged in
their castles)

Page 450, “Belguim” changed to “Belgium” (Spain, France,
Belgium, Austria, Switzerland)

Page 450, “1667” changed to “1767” (members of the Society who
had been expelled in 1767)

Page 470, “goverments” changed to “governments” (the cruelties
of the governments)

Footnote 17, “Lavalette” changed to “Lavallette” (process of
Father Lavallette)

Footnote 283, “acompanied” changed to “accompanied”
(accompanied him to the fatal scaffold)

Index, “Angustinus” changed to “Augustinus” and moved to
correct place alphabetically

Index, “Charamonti” changed to “Chiaramonti”

Index, under “Colleges of the Society”, “Gallicia” changed to
“Galicia”

Index, under “Creed, political”, reference to a non-existent page
931 deleted (probably the already-referenced page 193 was
intended)

Index, under “Henry IV of Bourbon”, “loctrines” changed to
“doctrines”

Index, “Inspruck” changed to “Innspruck” and moved to correct
place alphabetically

Index, under “John III of Sweden”, “vaccilation” changed to
“vacillation”

Index, “Louvaine” changed to “Louvain”

Index, “Noyelli” changed to “Noyelle”

Index, “Pierre Carraffa” changed to “Pierre Caraffa”

Index, “Pythoness, the, of Velantano” changed to “Pythoness,
the, of Valentano”

Index, under “Spain”, “Acquiviva’s” changed to “Acquaviva’s”

Index, “St. Petersburgh” changed to “St. Petersburg”

Index, “Touron” changed to “Tournon”

It’s been suggested that some of the proper names in this book are better known by other spellings. These have not been changed, but are noted here for interest.

Capefique/Capefigue
Mezarai/Mézeray
Siestrencewiecz/Siestrencewicz
Barzozowski/Brzozowski
Noaille/Noailles