Secreta Monita Societatis Jesu. The Secret Counsels of the Society of Jesus, in Latin and English — John Shaqi
Secreta Monita Societatis Jesu. The Secret Counsels of the Society of Jesus, in Latin and English
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XIII. But if any one not attached to the society should serve a monarch
or ruler, vigilance is required on our part; or what is better, on the
part of others, he should be seduced by promises, favors and preferments,
obtained for him through his prince or monarch, into the friendship and
familiarity of the society.
XIV. Let all beware of recommending or promoting those who for any reason
have been dismissed from the society, and especially, those who have
voluntarily left it; for however they may dissemble, they will always
bear an implacable hatred to the society.
XV. Finally, let all be solicitous so to conciliate the rulers, noblemen,
and magistrates of every place that they may strenuously and faithfully
support us, even against their own relations, kindred and friends,
whenever the occasion requires it.
CAP. III.
_Quomodo agendum Societati cum illis qui magnæ sunt
auctoritatis in republica, et quamvis divites non sint aliis
tamen modis juvare possunt._
I. Præter supradicta, quæ fere omnia proportionaliter illis applicari
possunt, curanda est gratia illorum adversus adversarios nostros.
II. Utendum etiam auctoritate, prudentiá, et consilio eorum, ad
contemtionam bonorum et acquisitionem variorum munerum a societate
obeundorum; adhibito etiam tacite et plane secreto illorum nomine, in
augmentatione bonorum temporalium, si satis illis putetur confidendum.
III. Adhibendi etiam ut mitigent et compescant homines viliores, et
plebem societati nostræ contrariam.
IV. Ab episcopis, prælatis, et aliis superioribus ecclesiasticis, pro
diversitate rationum et propensione in nos, ea exigenda quæ fuerint
opportuna.
V. In quibusdam partibus satis erit, si procuretur ut prælati et parochi
efficiant quod subditi illorum societatem revereantur, et ipsi ministeria
nostra non impediant, in aliis locis ubi plus possunt, ut in Germania,
Polonia, &c. sacrosancte colendi, ut auctoritate illorum et principum,
monasteria, parochiæ, præposituræ, patronatus, altarium fundationes,
loca pia fundata ad nos divelli possint; facillime enim ea assequi
poterimus in locis ubi Catholici hæreticis et schismaticis permisti
sunt. Demonstrandum ejusmodi Prælatis, immensum fructum et meritum ex
talibus mutationibus, oriundum à sacerdotibus, sæcularibus, et monachis
non expectandum; quod si fecerint, laudandus palam illorum zelus, etiam
scripto inculcandaque memoria facti perpetua.
VI. Conandum eo fine ut prælati tales nostris tum a confessionibus, tum à
consiliis utantur, et si quidem in spe sint, aut prætensione ad altiores
gradus in curia Romana, juvandi omni contentione, ac conatu amicorum
ubicumque ad hoc conferre valentium.
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