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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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