: History of the Jesuits: Their origin progress doctrines and designs by Nicolini G B Giovanni Battista - Jesuits History

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PREFACE, iii

INTRODUCTION.

The Author dissuaded from writing the History of the Jesuits--Reasons for undertaking the Work--Difficulty of well delineating the Character of a Jesuit--The Author pledges himself to be Impartial, 1

ORIGIN OF THE ORDER.

CONSTITUTIONS OF THE SOCIETY.

HIERARCHY.

The Members of this Society are divided into Four Classes--Gioberti and Pellico upon a Fifth Secret Class--The Novices--Their Trials--Their Vows--Scholars--Qualities they must possess--Coadjutors Temporal and Spiritual--Their several Duties--Their Vows--Professed Members--The First Class in the Society--They take a Fourth Vow of implicit Obedience to the Holy See--Ceremony in taking the Vows--They as well as the Coadjutors are bound to live by Alms--The General of the Order--How Elected--His Attributions--His Powers--The Provincial and other inferior Officials of the Order--Their Attributions, 45

PROGRESS OF THE ORDER, AND ITS FIRST GENERAL.

Ignatius elected General, at first refuses the office--Afterwards accepts of it--His Zeal and Activity in promoting the Interests of the Order--Charitable Institutions in Rome--He co-operates in re-establishing the Inquisition--The Albigenses--Rules of the Tribunal--Terror which it spread through Italy--The Jesuits in Missions in various parts of Europe--The first Jesuits in Great Britain--Instructions given them by Loyola--Their Proceedings, 57

THE FEMALE JESUITS.

Their origin--Donna Isabella--Rosello--Trouble which they gave to Ignatius--He refuses to take charge of them--Attempts of some Women to establish the Order of Female Jesuits--They are Suppressed in 1631--They Revive as the Sisters of the Holy Heart, 71

THE FIRST OPPOSITION TO THE ORDER, AND DEATH OF LOYOLA.

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