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Article THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. ← Page 3 of 6 →
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
triinistered ; at last he recovered a little , calling , with half-uttered words , his brother ungrateful and parricid ¦¦• ! Wiien he had recovered "his senses , and came to himself again : Praised be God 4- ' said he ; it is still better to have run so great a danger , than to have permitted injustice . ' The criminal was seized ; and daring their deliberation on the punishment of his crime , he prevented the execution of it , and contented himself by sending him to the monastery of Turri gio ,
near Toledo ; there to spend the remainder of his days in solitude and repentance . Several of the nobility , and King Ferdinand himself , endeavoured to reinstate him in the Archbishop's favour ; but their efforts to replace him in his house were unsuccessful . Ximenes made a proposal to him to enter into a state of observance ; but as he did not seem
disposed to undertake this reform , he gave him a pension of 800 ducats , on condition that he would confine himself to his convent , and that he would no more trouble him with his presence . Of the page's education who assisted him he took particular care ; he corrected his faults with parental goodness , and gave him an honourable subsistence .
To return to the beginning of his episcopal career . When the news of his consecration was known in Toledo , the chapter assembled , and deputed two of the principal canons , to express , in the name of the body , the respect they always felt for his person , and the joy they experienced at his election . He received their compliments , and replied to them with candour . He conversed with them some
considerable time on the state of the diocese ; and intimated , that many establishments and much reformation were necessary ; and that to maintain the honour of the church , and to respect the utility of the people , it was necessary to revive the spirit of Christianity , and the rules of ancient discipline . It was his wish , beforehand , to bring the canons , who lived in houses distant from each other , to a more central spot ; and to reduce themas much as possibleto a kind of
com-, , munity : again , that those , whose week it was to wait at the altar and officiate , should remain in the bosom of the church , during the time of their function , in order to be more collected ; assuring them that he would build lodgings for them , and supply them with every necessary . He charged the deputies to make his intentions knovvn to the chapter on these two articles , and to execute them as soon as possible .
The deputies well knew that their company would not approve of these regulations , and durst not express their thoughts ; they promised , however , to acquit themselves of the recent commission ; which , on their return , was djne . It was with reluctance that the canons were brought to accede to these ordinances ; they thought it reasonable enough that the officials should remain shut up , and
separate from the world , during their week ' s attendance ; but they apprehended , lest , after regulating the monks , this austere man , who carried reform wherever he went , might have the same designs upon the canons . The order that he had already sent to build apajtments over the porticos of the church alarmed them still more ; and under pretence of other business , they sent to Rome one of the most consider VOL , . pp
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
triinistered ; at last he recovered a little , calling , with half-uttered words , his brother ungrateful and parricid ¦¦• ! Wiien he had recovered "his senses , and came to himself again : Praised be God 4- ' said he ; it is still better to have run so great a danger , than to have permitted injustice . ' The criminal was seized ; and daring their deliberation on the punishment of his crime , he prevented the execution of it , and contented himself by sending him to the monastery of Turri gio ,
near Toledo ; there to spend the remainder of his days in solitude and repentance . Several of the nobility , and King Ferdinand himself , endeavoured to reinstate him in the Archbishop's favour ; but their efforts to replace him in his house were unsuccessful . Ximenes made a proposal to him to enter into a state of observance ; but as he did not seem
disposed to undertake this reform , he gave him a pension of 800 ducats , on condition that he would confine himself to his convent , and that he would no more trouble him with his presence . Of the page's education who assisted him he took particular care ; he corrected his faults with parental goodness , and gave him an honourable subsistence .
To return to the beginning of his episcopal career . When the news of his consecration was known in Toledo , the chapter assembled , and deputed two of the principal canons , to express , in the name of the body , the respect they always felt for his person , and the joy they experienced at his election . He received their compliments , and replied to them with candour . He conversed with them some
considerable time on the state of the diocese ; and intimated , that many establishments and much reformation were necessary ; and that to maintain the honour of the church , and to respect the utility of the people , it was necessary to revive the spirit of Christianity , and the rules of ancient discipline . It was his wish , beforehand , to bring the canons , who lived in houses distant from each other , to a more central spot ; and to reduce themas much as possibleto a kind of
com-, , munity : again , that those , whose week it was to wait at the altar and officiate , should remain in the bosom of the church , during the time of their function , in order to be more collected ; assuring them that he would build lodgings for them , and supply them with every necessary . He charged the deputies to make his intentions knovvn to the chapter on these two articles , and to execute them as soon as possible .
The deputies well knew that their company would not approve of these regulations , and durst not express their thoughts ; they promised , however , to acquit themselves of the recent commission ; which , on their return , was djne . It was with reluctance that the canons were brought to accede to these ordinances ; they thought it reasonable enough that the officials should remain shut up , and
separate from the world , during their week ' s attendance ; but they apprehended , lest , after regulating the monks , this austere man , who carried reform wherever he went , might have the same designs upon the canons . The order that he had already sent to build apajtments over the porticos of the church alarmed them still more ; and under pretence of other business , they sent to Rome one of the most consider VOL , . pp