History of Jesuits

C o n t e n t s
Chapter 1
Rome’s New Army—Ignatius Loyola—His Birth—His Wars—He is Wounded—Betakes him to the
Legends of the Saints—His Fanaticism Kindled—The Knight-Errant of Mary—The Cave at Manressa—
His Mortifications—Comparison between Luther and Ignatius Loyola—An Awakening of the Conscience
in both—Luther turns to the Bible, Loyola to Visions—His Revelations.
Chapter 2
Vision of Two Camps—Ignatius Visits Jerusalem—Forbidden to Proselytise—Returns to Spain—
Resolves to make Christendom his Field—Puts himself to School—Repairs to Paris—His Two Companions—Peter
Fabre—Francis Xavier—Loyola subjects them to a Severe Regimen—They become
his Disciples—Loyola’s First Nine Followers—Their Vow in the Church of Montmartre—The Book
of Spiritual Exercises—Its Course of Discipline—Four Weeks of Meditation—Topic of each Week—
The Spiritual Exercises and the Holy Spirit—Visits Venice—Repairs to Rome—Draft of Rules—Bull
Constituting the Society.
Chapter 3
Loyola’s Vast Schemes—A General for the Army—Loyola Elected—”Constitutions”—Made Known
to only a Select Few—Powers of the General—An Autocrat—He only can make Laws—Appoints all
Officers, etc.—Organization—Six Grand Divisions—Thirty-seven Provinces—Houses, Colleges,
Missions, etc.—Reports to the General—His Eye Surveys the World—Organization—Preparatory
Ordeal—Four Classes—Novitiates—Second Novitiate—Its Rigorous Training—The Indifferents—
The Scholars—The Coadjutors—The Professed—Their Oath—Their Obedience.
Chapter 4
The Jesuit cut off from Country—from Family—from Property—from the Pope even—The End Sanctifies
the Means—The First Great Commandment and Jesuit Morality—When may a Man Love God?—
Second Great Commandment—Doctrine of Probabilism—The Jesuit Casuists—Pascal—The Direction
of the Intention—Illustrative Cases furnished by Jesuit Doctors—Marvellous Virtue of the Doctrine—A
Pious Assassination!
Chapter 5
The Maxims of the Jesuits on Regecide—M. de la Chalotais’ Report to the Parliament of Bretagne—
Effects of Jesuit Doctrine as shown in History—Doctrine of Mental Equivocation—The Art of Swearing
Falsely without Sin—The Seventh Commandment—Jesuit Doctrine on Blasphemy—Murder—
Lying—Theft—An Illustrative Case from Pascal—Every Precept of the Decalogue made Void—Jesuit
Morality the Consummation of the Wickedness of the Fall.
Chapter 6
The Jesuit Soldier in Armour complete—Secret Instructions—How to Plant their First Establishments—Taught
to Court the Parochial Clergy—to Visit the Hospitals—to Find out the Wealth of
their several Districts—to make Purchases in another Name—to Draw the Youth round them—to
Supplant the Older Orders—How to get the Friendship of Great Men—How to Manage Princes—
How to Direct their Policy—Conduct their Embassies—Appoint their Servants, etc.—Taught to Affect
a Great Show of Lowliness.
Chapter 7