The Jesuits - James Aitken Wylie
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Had not my grand-uncle, Joseph I, become<br />
emperor, we had in all probability seen in<br />
Germany, too, a Malagrida or an Alvieros."<br />
In order that they might be at liberty to visit<br />
what city and diocese they pleased, they were<br />
exempted from episcopal jurisdiction. <strong>The</strong>y could<br />
come and go at their pleasure, and perform all their<br />
functions without having to render account to any<br />
one save to their superior. This arrangement was<br />
resisted at first by certain prelates; but it was<br />
universally conceded at last, and it greatly<br />
facilitated the wide and rapid diffusion of the Jesuit<br />
corps.<br />
Extraordinary success attended their first<br />
efforts throughout all Italy. Designed for the<br />
common people, the order found equal acceptance<br />
from princes and nobles. In Parma the highest<br />
families submitted themselves to the "Spiritual<br />
Exercises." In Venice, Lainez expounded the<br />
Gospel of St. John to a congregation of nobles; and<br />
in 1542 a <strong>Jesuits</strong>' college was founded in that city.<br />
<strong>The</strong> citizens of Montepulciano accompanied<br />
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