The history of the popes, from the close of the middle ages : drawn ...

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Reform of the Cistercians ; a general visitation begun 241
Deplorable state of their houses in Italy . . 243
The Order of the Humiliati .....
Borromeo attempts the work of reforming the Order 245
Attempted assassination of the Cardinal . .246
1571 Suppression of the Order (February 7th) . .
In many cases Pius V. combines the various branches
247
of the Orders 248
The religious Orders in Spain ; the Order of Calatrava 249
The co-operation of the civil authorities in Spain
necessary but dangerous . . . . .250
Decadent state of the Spanish Conventual Franciscans 251
They are placed under the Observants .
The same done in the case of other Orders
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. 252
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Difficulties with the civil power in Spain . .
The religious Orders in the Low Countries and Portugal
255
256
General reform of the Conventual Franciscans . 256
The Third Order of St. Francis .... 257
Many other Orders reformed by the Pope . .258
The Military Orders in Portugal .... 259
Reform ordinances of Pius V. for the religious Orders 260
He regards the vow of poverty as their foundation
stone ........ 263
Abuses in the Orders ; monks living outside their
houses ........ 265
The enclosure of nuns insisted upon ; prevalent
laxity in this respect . . • .266
Cardinal Borromeo and the nuns of Milan . .267
The organization of the great Orders necessitates
exceptions to the decrees of Trent . . .268
Difficulties experienced by the Mendicant Orders in
relation to episcopal jurisdiction . . .269
Several further Orders declared to be true Mendicants 270
The Pope's high esteem for the Mendicant Orders . 271
His favours to the Dominican Order . . .272
A great impulse given to the Benedictine Order. . 273
New and stricter Congregations forming themselves in
the Orders ....... 275
Peter of Alcantara . . . . . .275
Teresa of Jesus . . . . . . .277
The question of solemn vows ; the Pope does not look
with favour upon religious with simple vows . 278
This affects the Society of Jesus ; the Pope's attempts
to change their Constitutions . . . .278
The decree making solemn vows necessary for ordin-
ation ........
280
But the Pope was in no sense hostile to the Society . 282
He pays a ^Jowing tribute to their work . .283
New constitutions given to the Somaschi, Theatines
and Barnabites . . . . . .284
John of God and the Fatebenefratelli . . .285
The Pope's unflagging zeal for the Tridentine decrees 286