V.

Vasquez, Gabriel, on the “Political Creed” of the Jesuits, 192

Venice, Jesuit power in, 227

Verger de Hauranne, Abbot of St. Cyran, 232

Verona, persecution of Protestants at, 477

Vicar-General, appointment of, 320

—— —— of Russia, 431

Vienna, Jesuit schools of, 197

Virgin Mary, the worship of, taught by the Jesuits, 247-250

Vitelleschi elected General of the Order, 256; character of, 316; influence of the General’s decline during his Generalate, 317

Voltaire, character of, 347

Vows of the Coadjutors, 56

—— Jesuits, 24, 26; formula of the, 47

—— Novices, 46

—— Professed, 51, 52

—— Scholars, 46

Voyages of Lainez, 143

W.

Waldenses, characteristics of the, 206; persecution of, by the Jesuits, 207, 453

Wall, Minister of Spain, 431

Walsingham aids Parry’s conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth, 166

War between Sweden and Poland, 205

—— declared against Rome, 422

Wars of the Jesuits, 278, 279, 422

Wars, Civil, in France, 179; origin of the, ibid.; projected by the Pope, 182; termination of the, 183

—— in Rome, 475-480

—— in Switzerland, 206, 458; instigated by the Jesuits, ibid.

Wealth of the Jesuits, 39, 408; means by which it is acquired, 40, 42, 150, 279; effects of the, 82; estimate of 409, 491; sources of, ibid.

Weeks of spiritual exercises, 16-18

Weld, Mr., estates in England presented to the Jesuits by, 459; son of, enters the Order, 460

West Indies, commerce of the Jesuits in the, 336

White Russia, Jesuits in, 430, 433

Wilna, persecution of the Protestants in, 280

William, King of Nassau, treachery of the Jesuits to, 453

Wiseman, Cardinal, on the “Spiritual Exercises,” 16; mission of, to England, 64

Worship of images encouraged, 249

—— of the Virgin Mary inculcated by the Jesuits, 247

Writers, Jesuit, 222

Writings of the Jesuits, 224, 247