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Article THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
Majesties , and permitted the General to send commissaries , apparently to act with those f Spain ; but in effeG . to subvert their undertakings . However , to this mission little attention was paid , and without respect to their counsels , or attention to their remonstrances , the reformation was uninterrupted . The General carried his complaints to the Pope , who was extremely irritated at the cause , and , with the advice of all
the Cardinals assembled , decreed , that these acts of correction ancl monastic reform should surcease , until the truth was brought to light , and a remedy could be devised by the holy see . His Holiness wrote to their Catholic Majesties , and intreated them not to afford protection to zealots , who , devoid of knowledge , sowed the seeds of division in the order of St . Francis .
The Pope ' s letter was sent to the Archbishop , the obligation of which , he plainly saw , struck at his ruin . But , naturally cheerful , and rather animated than overcome by difficulties , he waited upon the Queen , whose mind was distressed by the concurrence of so manyobstacles on all sides , and supplicated her to remember her constancy ; he intreated her not to abandon an undertaking so
commendable in itself , which required the exertion of courage rather than perseverance , as it imposed a greater share of vexation and labour , to carry it into execution . The Queen assured him of her good offices , and all her influence with the Pope , provided that he would take upon himself the whole affair : —an offer he willingly accepted . Excited bv such a promise , he applied himself with more diligence to remove the difficulties which opposed themselves to the
re-establishment of discipline ; his cares , his fortitude , his modesty , drew , even from the . Pope , a new decree , consenting to the purposes of reform , and appointing him apostolic commissary with the Bishop of Catane . Thus braving all opposition , his enterprize was crowned with success ; excepting in a few monasteries , order was generally established , to the great satisfaction of the Archbishopand the edification of the
, " people , who expressed themselves thankful for the examples afforded them , from this holy order , of modesty , penitence , and devotion . Having attained his wishes in this undertaking , he collected a statement of all his parishes , of the religions edification of the churches , and the morals of the people ; to this he enjoined a strict enquiry into the circumstances of local indigence and personal povertyand
, made the abuses which had crept into his diocese a serious subject of his animadversion . In a short time order superseded irregularity . One difficulty , however , still remained . Several of the clergy , sheltering themselves under privileges pretended to have been derived from the holy see , or appointments andfunc'ions which they held in the apostolic palace , claimed exemption from the Archbishop ' s jurisdiction
, and immediately carried their complaints to the Court of Rome . Immunities . of I his naure he considered as sources of rebellion , and obstacles to th . it exact a , d uniform discipline which he was inclined to establish in the archbishopric of Toledo . The revocation of such grants he prosecuted with ardour . To favour his pious intentions , the Pope cancelled these surreptitious claims , and not only expressed , in a pastoral letter , his confidence in the Archbishop ' s equity , religion
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Life Of Ximenes, Archbishop Of Toledo.
Majesties , and permitted the General to send commissaries , apparently to act with those f Spain ; but in effeG . to subvert their undertakings . However , to this mission little attention was paid , and without respect to their counsels , or attention to their remonstrances , the reformation was uninterrupted . The General carried his complaints to the Pope , who was extremely irritated at the cause , and , with the advice of all
the Cardinals assembled , decreed , that these acts of correction ancl monastic reform should surcease , until the truth was brought to light , and a remedy could be devised by the holy see . His Holiness wrote to their Catholic Majesties , and intreated them not to afford protection to zealots , who , devoid of knowledge , sowed the seeds of division in the order of St . Francis .
The Pope ' s letter was sent to the Archbishop , the obligation of which , he plainly saw , struck at his ruin . But , naturally cheerful , and rather animated than overcome by difficulties , he waited upon the Queen , whose mind was distressed by the concurrence of so manyobstacles on all sides , and supplicated her to remember her constancy ; he intreated her not to abandon an undertaking so
commendable in itself , which required the exertion of courage rather than perseverance , as it imposed a greater share of vexation and labour , to carry it into execution . The Queen assured him of her good offices , and all her influence with the Pope , provided that he would take upon himself the whole affair : —an offer he willingly accepted . Excited bv such a promise , he applied himself with more diligence to remove the difficulties which opposed themselves to the
re-establishment of discipline ; his cares , his fortitude , his modesty , drew , even from the . Pope , a new decree , consenting to the purposes of reform , and appointing him apostolic commissary with the Bishop of Catane . Thus braving all opposition , his enterprize was crowned with success ; excepting in a few monasteries , order was generally established , to the great satisfaction of the Archbishopand the edification of the
, " people , who expressed themselves thankful for the examples afforded them , from this holy order , of modesty , penitence , and devotion . Having attained his wishes in this undertaking , he collected a statement of all his parishes , of the religions edification of the churches , and the morals of the people ; to this he enjoined a strict enquiry into the circumstances of local indigence and personal povertyand
, made the abuses which had crept into his diocese a serious subject of his animadversion . In a short time order superseded irregularity . One difficulty , however , still remained . Several of the clergy , sheltering themselves under privileges pretended to have been derived from the holy see , or appointments andfunc'ions which they held in the apostolic palace , claimed exemption from the Archbishop ' s jurisdiction
, and immediately carried their complaints to the Court of Rome . Immunities . of I his naure he considered as sources of rebellion , and obstacles to th . it exact a , d uniform discipline which he was inclined to establish in the archbishopric of Toledo . The revocation of such grants he prosecuted with ardour . To favour his pious intentions , the Pope cancelled these surreptitious claims , and not only expressed , in a pastoral letter , his confidence in the Archbishop ' s equity , religion