The Irish standard., 1886-10-23
Of INTEREST TO THE CHURCH
The Full Text of the Pope's Brief in
Regard to the Rehabilitation
z..' of the Jesuits.
THE LYING ENGLISH PRESS

At It's Old Trick of eliminating the
Noble Order Of the So
ciety Of Jesus.
In view of the ignorant or malignant
gabble even in this country, about the
Rescript concerning the Society OF Je-
sus recently issued by the Holy Father,
the. following article, taken from the
London Tablet, will be read with great
interest:
'sWriters have often displayed their
ingenuity in describing what may be
supposed to be the feelings that would
arse in the breast of a man who was
rniraculously transported from the cen.
tury in which he was born to another
remote period Of time. What figure
would one of our new-aedged Darons
make if he found himself member of
the assemblage that gathered round the
Saxon King who s'wore his CROWN at
Westminster Or how would the Gre
clan Admiral conduct himself if he
found his fleet of hundreds of well-ap-
pointed triremes confronted by penny
steamboat from the Thames? Would
the credit of DR.. Titus Oates have sur
yived cross examination by Sir
Charles Russell? What measures
would the Roman Senate have taken to
suppress a modern newspaper? Specu-
lations of this kind might be thought
to be mere exercises of ingenuity, fit
only to call out the abilities Of a school
boy; but within the last few days a
great part of the English readiug world
has actually experienced a change like
to that which might have been thought
impossible: and the solemn Times, the
Saturday Review, full as ever of sham
learning, and the yelping Church
Times, with we know not how many
more journals in their train, have car
ried us back to the ages which, we had
had supposed, had passed away forever
the ages when, according to the be-
ief of the average Englishman, Jesuits
assessed not the will only, but the
A1cwledge and power, to administer
poison and antidote at their choice, and
when it was rare for a person of dis
tinction to die without some tale relat-
ing how black spots had appeared upon
his body, indicating the virulence of
the drug that had brought him to his
grave. Suspicion Of this sort is still,
we are told, rife among savages but we
are not, we confess, prepared to find
that notions of this kind were preva-
lent in the minds of our own country
men and contemporaries and that
men whom we may meet daily in the
Strand were capabls Of snpposing that
they would find credence, when they
represented that Father Purbrick was
the partner and ally of men who would
by poison cause mortal agony to Pope
Leo KILL, and then Withhold the anti
dote which they alone possessed until
they had extorted spiritual favor"
Following is the full text Of the
Pope's'brlef in regard to the rehabilita-
tl0n OF tl0 JeSulCS:
Among the causes Of grief which af-
Aict our souls in the gulf of perturba-
tions so profound at the present time,
are the injustices and injuries with
which the religious families Of regular
orders are overwhelmed. Founded by
great saints they have been useful both
to the Catholic Church, Of which they
form an ornament, and to even civil 80.
ciety, which draws therefrom serious
advantages. From all times these Or
ders have msrited much from religion
and literature. They have also con.
tributed greatly to the salvation OF
souls. Consequently we like, when the
occasion presents itself, to accord to re-
ligious orders the praise Which they
merit 50 we'll like our predeces sors,
We take pleasure in testifying highly
and publicly our affectionate goodwill
toward them. Now, then, we know
that for some years past there is being
prepared new edition Of the work en-
titled ''The Institution of the Society
Of Jesus to the completion of which
our dear son Antoine Maria Anderledy.
vicar general of the society, has applied
himself assidiously, and that there only
remains to be re-edited the last part,
containing the apostolical letters adj
dressed to the Society Of Jesus. to st.
Ignatius OF Loyala, its funder, and to
other snperiors general.
ss e seize with cheerfulness the occa-
sion Of showing our affection for the
Society Of Jesus, which has merited so
IN uch from the church and society.
sConsequ we approved Of the COM
Smenced edition Of the work above mem
sstioned, g work at the same time glo-
Sand useful to the society; we
nmend this work and desire to see
"a ontinuation and completion. But
nGhly manifest our love toward
aEl giety of Jesus, IN virtue Of our