The Footprints of the Jesuits

The triumph achieved by the Jesuits in the Vatican Council of 1870, by the passage of the decree of papal infallibility, inspired the most excessive enthusiasm among the ecclesi...

When Pius IX suffered himself to be betrayed into the emotional remark quoted in the last chapter--that he neither could nor would admit such modifications of the laws as the pe...

The decree abolishing the Jesuits was accepted by all the Roman Catholic sovereigns and people of Europe as final. It was an exercise of the highest authority of the Church. But...

The successor of Pius VIII was Gregory XVI, who became pope in 1831. His election was not calculated to pacify the people or lessen the general excitement. On the contrary, he f...

No injustice should be done to Leo XIII. If his position as the official head of a great Church were not sufficient to shield him against unfairness, his eminent Christian virtu...

The conspiracy to overthrow the Protestant institutions of Germany furnished a precedent in dealing with other Governments. That against England was characterized by some peculi...

If it be conceded, as the Jesuits insist, that Clement XIV was prompted by unworthy and impure motives to abolish their society, and that, in consequence, he afterwards became d...

It is of the highest importance that the papal interpretation of the decree of infallibility should be understood. This can be ascertained only by obtaining information from aut...

It must not be supposed that the only grounds of complaint against the Jesuits were those already enumerated. Wheresoever they were sent among heathen and unchristianized people...

Inasmuch as Leo XIII has considered himself entitled, by virtue of his spiritual power, to prescribe authoritatively the relations which his followers in this country are hereaf...

The opinions and utterances of the pope concerning religious duty are considered, at least by his army of ecclesiastics, as commands which are to be obeyed at the peril of ponti...

In all the encyclical letters issued by Leo XIII, he has exhibited the restlessness which may fairly be presumed to have been produced by discomfiture at finding the difficultie...

When Clement XIII became pope, in 1758, events which had grown out of the conduct of the Jesuits were hurrying forward so rapidly that even he, with all the existing pontifical...

Any reader of the last two chapters can see--without the admission of Bartoli to that effect--that the government of the society of Jesuits is entirely monarchical, and founded...

At the death of Pius IX he left to whosoever should succeed him, as an official inheritance, the decision of the question whether or no the Church should acquiesce in and become...

All the circumstances which attended the origin and establishment of the society of Jesuits combine to explain, with unmistakable clearness, the motives which must have influenc...

It is of little consequence to the general reader what place in history is assigned to Ignatius Loyola, apart from the fact that he was the founder and originator of the society...

One of the most conspicuous manifestations of the spirit now prevailing among the leading nations, is that all of them are struggling to go forward and not backward. Italy, in t...

The American people have imbibed, from association, the spirit of their civil institutions, and are ready at all times to repel any direct assault upon them. They are, however,...

There are few things so important to the people of the United States as that they shall intelligently understand what consequences will inevitably follow the successful terminat...

The Jesuits encountered less difficulty in establishing themselves in Germany than in either Spain, Portugal, or France. Race differences may have occasioned this. The populatio...

The reader who shall intelligently trace the history of the Jesuit through their conspiracies against the peace of Europe, and especially their tireless efforts to eradicate eve...

The facts stated in the last chapter prove incontestably that the persistent efforts of the Jesuits to procure the establishment of their society in France as a recognized relig...

The assistance rendered to the Jesuits at Saragossa by the regent, in the name of the Emperor Charles V, very greatly encouraged them. It gave them assurance of royal sympathy w...

The Jesuits had a fairer and better field for the display of their peculiar characteristics, and for the successful establishment of the principles of their constitution, during...

At the period referred to in the last chapter the Jesuits were held in low esteem everywhere in Europe. They were severely censured, not alone by Government authorities, but by...

Ignatius Loyola, the Founder of the Jesuit Society--His Original Purpose to reform the Church, and to establish his Society in Palestine--Having failed, he was compelled to have...

Pius IX unable to quiet the Revolution--He drives the Jesuits out of Italy--Italy unites with Sardinia--Italian Independence established, and the Temporal Power of the Pope abol...

The Faithful in the United States required to organize to restore the Temporal Power--That Question an International One--Its Opposition to the Policy of this Country--Opinion o...

Continued Struggle of the Jesuits to get into France--Resisted by the Parliament--Their Intrigues and Reliance upon Royal Power--Council at Poissy--Attended by the Jesuit Genera...

Distinction between the Church and the Papacy--Allocution of Pius IX--Demand for the Restoration of the Temporal Power--An Act of Infallibility--Leo XIII elected--Educated by th...

The Vatican Council--Effect of the Decree of Infallibility--The Bull _Unam Sanctam_ of Boniface VIII--Absolute Dominion over Peoples and Nations--Necessity of Guarding against i...

The Church the Mistress of all Nations--Its Right to command Universal Obedience--The School Question--Mgr. Satolli, the Vice-Pope--His Theory as dictated by the Pope--Our Commo...

The Temporal Power Hurtful to the Church--Has led to its Disintegration--Maintained by Oppressions--Designed to check the Reformation--Infallibility Essential to it--Jesuit Infl...

Loyola, a "Soldier of Fortune"--His Monarchical Government--His Unpopularity among the Dominican Monks--His Plottings against the Franciscans at Saragossa and Condemnation by th...

Plottings of the Jesuits in England--Their Opposition to Religious Toleration--Opposition to Elizabeth by the Pope, and her Trial at Rome--Papal Decree dethroning her, and relea...

(The Constitution of the Jesuits) Entirely Monarchical--Substitutes the General for God upon Earth--Sin committed with out Offense when the General commands it--The General Inde...

Conduct of the Jesuits at Toledo in Spain--Opposition of the Church Authorities to them--They again get Protection from Royal Power--The Effort to get into France--Opposition of...

Jesuit Efforts to get into Germany--Less Difficulty than in France--When they reached there, Protestants and Roman Catholics living in Peace--Jesuit German College at Rome--Teac...

The Jesuits evade the Decree of the Pope suppressing them, and seek Shelter in Russia and Prussia--They were re-established by Pius VII, to aid the "Allied Powers" to perpetuate...