Chapter 24

Valens, Emperor, fails to stop flight from Rome, 127. Vaughan, on Bernard's reforms, 195; on the need of reformation, 402. Virgins, _see_ Marriage. Virgil, Jerome's fondness for, 95; Mabie on reading of, 408. Vivaria, literary work in monastery at, 152. Voltaire, on the monks, 388. Vows, monastic, 61; irrevocable, 66, 112; usual history of, 174; of the military orders, 198; the fundamental, 375; the passing away of, 423. _See_ Poverty, Celibacy and Obedience. Vulgate, Jerome, 85.

W

Waddington, on the hermits, 34; on conscience and method of monks, 390. War, monks incite to, 401. Watch-dogs of the Church, a term applied to the Dominicans, 249. Wealth, Christ's doctrine of, 377; not in itself an evil, 379; its true value, 405; compatible with Christianity, 420. White, on the theology of the monks, 416. Whiting, Richard, Abbot of Glastonbury, 315. Widows, _see_ Women and Marriage. Wilfred, St., his monastic labors, 167. William of Aquitaine, 177. William of Amour, 250. William of Orange, 394. Wolsey, Cardinal, 294, 308. Women, welcome call of monks, 81; Kingsley on same, 82; Juvenal on Roman women, 82; Jerome's influence on, 86, 96; monasticism and, 106; hermit life unsuited to, 107; effect of corrupt society on, 107, no; distinguished by mercy, in, 350; compared with monks, 111; married life of, in Rome, 112; influence of Ambrose upon, 126; regulation of Guigo concerning monks and, 190. Wyclif, attacks the friars, 253, 337; spirit of, affects monasticism, 295, 429.

X

Ximenes, Cardinal, a Franciscan, 228.

Z

Zosimus, on charity of monks, 348.

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