History of the Popes: Their Church and State, in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

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Lea and Blanchard, 1844 - 644 pagine
 

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Pagina 364 - Inspired, as we trust, by the Divine Spirit ; impelled by the duty of restoring concord to the Church ; convinced that the Society of Jesus can no longer effect those purposes for which it was founded ; and moved by other reasons of prudence and state policy, which we retain concealed in our own breast, we do extirpate and abolish the Society of Jesus, its offices, houses, and institutions.2 This was a decision of immeasurable importance.
Pagina 334 - When the boor had ended his speech, he waddled up to the queen without any ceremony, took her by the hand, and shaked it heartily, and kissed it two or three times; then turning his back to her, he pulled out of his pocket a foul handkerchief, and wiped the tears from his eyes ; and in the same posture as he came up, he returned back to his place again.
Pagina 196 - after having heard the mature and free counsels of all the magistri," says their Decision, " after many and divers arguments heard, drawn for the most part verbatim from Holy Writ, the Canon Law, and the papal ordinances, — it has been concluded by the Dean of the Faculty, without any dissenting voice — first, that the people of this realm are absolved from the oath of allegiance and obedience sworn by them to King Henry.
Pagina 282 - ... and they followed his example as regarded science. An eclipse of the moon occurred in 1610 : the predictions of the native astronomers and of the Jesuits differed by a whole hour : the event proving that the latter were right, added greatly to their credit.* Not only were they charged, in conjunction with some mandarins, their pupils, with the reform of the astronomical tables, but Christianity, too, was promoted by their success.
Pagina 280 - Magnificent cathedrals had been reared, the most gorgeous of all, perhaps, being that of Los Angeles. The Jesuits taught grammar and the liberal arts; they had also a theological seminary attached to their college of San Ildefonso, in Mexico. In the universities of Mexico and Lima* all the branches of theology * Herrera.
Pagina 410 - Officio ogni dì con divozione , e digiunasse due o tre giorni della settimana , oltre «'digiuni ordinati; non gli credevano più. E certo é gran fatica volere essere Signore temporale, ed essere tenuto religioso; perché sono due cose che non hanno convenienza alcuna insieme ; perché chi considera bene la legge Evangelica , vedrà i Pontefici, ancora che tenghino il nome di Vicarii di Cristo, avere indutto una nuova Religione...
Pagina vi - I am not mistaken, purer and less partial views of history.* For what is there in the present day that can make the history of the papal power of importance to us? Not its particular relation to ourselves; for it no longer exercises any essential influence, nor does it create in us solicitude of any kind; the times are past in which we had anything to fear; we now feel ourselves perfectly secure. Popery can now inspire us with...
Pagina 162 - ... pupils who attached themselves to their instructions. They acquired nothing from the Germans, for their doctrine and constitution were perfected before they came amongst them. The progress of their institution in Germany ,may generally be regarded as a new example of the influence of the Romance part of Europe on the Germanic. They conquered the Germans on their own soil, in their very home, and wrested from them a portion of their own country.
Pagina 35 - At the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, society was in a state of excitement.
Pagina 476 - Altemps, furiava a guisa di forsennato quello che non professava altro che purità, devotione, spiritualità e coscienza. Alessandrino, autore di tutte le trame, non mancò di fare il suo solito in perseguitare...

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