Lytton, his views of Jesuits denounced, 278. M Macarius, the hermit, 49. Macaulay, his views of Jesuits opposed, 278; on the aims of Jesuits, 283; on the Roman Church, 402. Mabie, H.W., on the monks and the classics, 408. Mahomet, Carlyle on, 33. Maitland, on Benedictine monasteries, 155. Maitre, on desecration of cloisters, 350. Malmesbury, his charges against the monks, 173. Manicheism, relation of, to Albigensians, 233. Marcella, St., Jerome on life of, 102; her austerities and charity, 103. Maria dei Angeli, Sta., Francis hears call in church of, 214. Marriage, Basil on, 66; how esteemed in Rome, 110; Gibbon on, in Rome, 110; Jerome and Augustine on, 112; vow of celibacy and, 381. Married life in Rome, Jerome on, 114. Martensen, on ascetics, 391; on solitude and society, 395. Martin, St., of Tours, credibility of biography of, 119; sketch of his life, 120; his death, 122; churches and shrines in honor of, 122. Martinmas, 122. Materialism, monasticism and, 350, 413; of the West, 371. Mathews, Shailer, on Christ and riches, 379. Matthew of Paris, on prosperity of friars, 246. Maur, St., walks on water, 137. Maximilian, of Bavaria, educated by Jesuits, 277. Melrose Abbey, 289. Mendicant Friars, The, 205; success of, 242, 255; their value to Rome, 243; confined to four societies, 246; quarrels among, 246; their educational work, 248; in England, 251; decline of, 253; as preachers, 244; 254; effects of prosperity on, 256. Mendicity of monks, 245. Milan, church of, Emperor refused entrance to the, 115. Military-religious orders, their origin, labors and decline, 197. Militia of Jesus Christ, 242. Mill, John Stuart, on preaching friars, 244. Milman, on the early church leaders, 129; on dream of Dominic's mother, 231; on bigotry of monks, 395; on monks and natural affections, 398. Milton, contrasted to monks, 394. Miracles, 224. _See_ Anthony, Stylites, St. Martin, etc. Missionary labors, of monks, 148, 171, 398; of the Jesuits, 280, 281. Modern life and thought, monasticism rejected by, 421. Mohammedans, mission of Francis to, 217. Monastery, of Pachomius, 58; Monte Cassino, 134; St. Gregory's, rules of, 141; Kennaquhair, 145; Vivaria, 152; Bangor, 165; Iona, 168; Cluny, 177; Grand Chartreuse, 189; Charterhouse, 191, 301, 334, 343; Citeaux, 192; Clairvaux, 193; St. Nicholas, 240; Melrose, 289; Glastonbury, 314. Monasteries, in Egypt, 44; of Jerome, 88; of Paula, 100; in early Britain, 123; as literary centers, 151; decline of, in Middle Ages, 173; destruction of, by Danes, 180; corruptions of, in Dunstan's time, 185; abandonment of endowments, 244; fall of, in England, 286; fall of, in various countries, 288, 430; obstacles to progress, 343; new uses of, 350; life in, 392; charity of, 410. Monasteries, The Fall of, in England, 286; various views of, 288; necessity for dispassionate judgment, 289;