The history of the Society of Jesus
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- The history of the Society of Jesus
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- 1884
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The history of the Society of Jesus
Author: Wilmot, Alexander, 1836-1924
Year: 1884
CONTENTS. Chapter I. Origin of the Society of Jesus. St. Ignatius Loyola — his character, life, and labours. The establishment of the Society. The first Fathers, and their works. Jesuits in Ireland and in Italy. Struggles against heresy. St. Francis Xavier and foreign missions. His preaching, miracles, and wonderful success. 1 Chapter II. Jesuits in Germany. The Society in Portugal. The Council of Trent. South American missions. The Conference of Ratisbon. St. Francis Borgia, Duke of Gandia. Progress of the Society. Death of St. Ignatius. Calvinism. France. Calvin's opinion of the Society and that of the Council of Trent. The plague at Lyons. Poland. Foreign missions. The plague in Europe. Jealousy of the Society in Portugal and France. South America. The Calvinists murder seventy Jesuits on the high seas. St. Francis Borgia and the battle of Lepanto. The Jesuits in England and Ireland. 22 Chapter III. Sufferings of Jesuits in England. The Gunpowder Plot. Persecutions in Scotland and Ireland. Missions in South America. Missions in North America 44 Chapter IV. Jesuit missions in Japan. A Japanese Henry VIII. Inhuman persecutions. Missions in China. Father Ricci Tonquin and Cochin Ch
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