The Footprints of the Jesuits

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Cranston & Curts, 1894 - History - 509 pages

The Footprints of the Jesuits by Richard Wigginton Thompson, first published in 1894, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation.

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Page 31 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence," said Washington, " the jealousy of a free people ought ever to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.'
Page 54 - I should regard myself as a dead body, without will or intelligence, as a little crucifix which is turned about unresistingly at the will of him who holds it, as a staff in the hands of an old man, who uses it as he requires it, and as it suits him best.
Page 236 - complaints and quarrels were multiplied on every side. In some places dangerous seditions arose—tumults, discords, dissensions, scandals, which, weakening or entirely breaking the bonds of Christian charity, excited the faithful to all the rage of party hatred and enmities.
Page 62 - Let all think, let all speak, as far as possible, the same thing, according to the apostle. Let no contradictory doctrines, therefore, be allowed, either by word of mouth, or public sermons, or in written books, which last shall not be published without the approbation and consent of the general;
Page 238 - Our will and pleasure is, that these our letters should forever and to all eternity be valid, permanent, and efficacious, have and obtain their full force and effect, and be inviolably observed by all and every whom they do or may concern, now or hereafter, in any manner whatsoever.
Page 429 - the Catholic Church shrinks from those features of public schools which are opposed to the truth of Christianity and to morality ;" wherefore he insists that every effort shall be made, both by the bishops and others, to remove these "objectionable features.
Page 57 - of our Lord Jesus Christ, or in virtue of holy obedience, which shall be done in those cases or persons wherein it shall be judged that it will greatly conduce to the particular good of each, or to the general advantage; and, instead of the fear of offense, let the love and desire of all perfection
Page 435 - the Roman pontiff can and ought to reconcile himself to, and agree with progress, liberalism, and civilization as lately introduced.

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