CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.

[BOOK VIII—SPHERES OF ACTION (Continued).]
[Chapter V—Mysticism.]
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Antiquity of Mystic Aspirations [1]
Dangers—Impeccability—Independence[2]
Illuminism and Quietism—Confusion with Protestantism—Uncertainty as to Source of Visions—Contempt for Theology[4]
Development in Spain[6]
Commencement of Persecution—The Mystics of Guadalajara[7]
Francisca Hernández[9]
María Cazalla—The Group in Toledo—Ignatius Loyola[13]
Archbishop Carranza—San Francisco de Borja—Luis de Granada—the Jesuits[15]
Fray Alonso de la Fuente—his struggle with Jesuitism[19]
The Alumbrados of Llerena[23]
Hostility of the Inquisition to Mysticism[24]
Padre Gerónimo de la Madre de Dios[26]
Mística Theología of Fernando de Caldera[29]
Prosecution of the Mystics of Seville—Condemnation of Alumbrado Errors[29]
Illuminism becomes formal Heresy—Procedure[34]
Madre Luisa de Carrion[36]
Influence of Mystics—Sor María de Agreda[39]
Mysticism in Italy—Canon Pandolfo Ricasoli—The Impostor Giuseppe Borri—The Sequere me[42]
The Pelagini of Lombardy[46]
Miguel de Molinos—Condemnation of Mysticism[49]
The Beccarellisti[61]
Mysticism in France—Condemnation of Fénelon[62]
Molinism in Spain—Persecution[68]
Bishop Toro of Oviedo[71]
Madre Agueda de Luna[76]
Fray Eusebio de Villaroja—abusive Methods[77]
Mysticism regarded as delusion[79]
Prevalence of Imposture[81]
Magdalena de la Cruz[82]
Madre María de la Visitacion[83]
Variable Treatment of Imposture[86]
The Beata Dolores—The Beata de Cuenca—The Beata Clara[89]
Sor Patrocinio[92]
[Chapter VI—Solicitation]
Frequency of Seduction in the Confessional[95]
Invention of the Confessional Stall[96]
Leniency of Spiritual Courts[97]
The Inquisition indirectly seeks Jurisdiction[98]
Paul IV and Pius IV grant Jurisdiction[99]
The Regular Clergy endeavor to obtain Exemption[100]
Legislation of Gregory XV—Struggle with Bishops over Jurisdiction[100]
Solicitation included in Edict of Faith[105]
Difficulty of inducing Women to denounce Culprits[106]
Solicitation a technical Offence against the Sacrament, not against Morals[109]
Difficulty of practical Definition[110]
Passive Solicitation[111]
Absolution of the Partner in Guilt[113]
Facility of evading Penalty[114]
Flagellation—Connection with Illuminism[116]
Procedure—Tenderness for Delinquents[119]
Two Denunciations required[123]
Registers kept of Soliciting Confessors[125]
Moderation of Penalties[126]
Self-Denunciation—It finally secures immunity[130]
Statistics of Cases—Predominance of the Regular Orders[134]
[Chapter VII—Propositions]
Growth of Jurisdiction over Utterances, public and private[138]
Influence of habitual Delation[138]
Danger incurred by trivial Remarks[140]
Severity of Penalties—Question of Belief and Intention[142]
Special Propositions—Marriage better than Celibacy[144]
Fornication between the Unmarried no Sin[145]
Theological Propositions—Case of Fray Luis de Leon[148]
Scholastic Disputation, its Dangers[150]
Fray Luis accused of Disrespect for the Vulgate[151]
Arrested and imprisoned March 27, 1572[153]
Endless Debates over multiplying Articles of Accusation[154]
Vote in discordia, September 18, 1576[156]
Acquitted by the Suprema, December 7, 1576[157]
Second trial in 1582 for Utterances in Debate—Acquittal[159]
Francisco Sánchez, his Contempt for Theology[162]
He is summoned and reprimanded, September 24, 1584[164]
Again summoned and imprisoned, September 25, 1600—his Death[166]
Fray Joseph de Sigüenza—Plot against him in his Order[168]
Prefers Trial by the Inquisition—is acquitted[170]
Case of Padre Alonso Romero, S. J.[171]
Prosecutions of incautious Preachers[172]
Increasing Proportion of Cases of Propositions, continuing to the last[176]
[Chapter VIII—Sorcery and Occult Arts.]
Accumulation of Superstitious Beliefs in Spain[179]
Toleration in the early Middle Ages[180]
John XXII orders Persecution of Sorcery[181]
Persistent Toleration in Spain[182]
The Inquisition obtains Jurisdiction[183]
Question as to Heresy—Pact with the Demon[184]
The Demon omnipresent in Superstitious Practices—Hermaphrodites[186]
Belief thus strengthened in Divination and Magic[189]
The Inquisition thus obtains exclusive Jurisdiction[190]
Astrology—Its Teaching suppressed in the University of Salamanca[192]
Procedure—Directed to prove Pact with the Demon[195]
Penalties—Less severe than in secular Courts[197]
Rationalistic Treatment in Portuguese Inquisition[202]
Prosecuted as a Reality in Spain, to the last[203]
Increase in the Number of Cases[204]
Belief remains undiminished to the present time[205]
[Chapter IX—Witchcraft.]
Distinctive Character of Witchcraft—The Sabbat[206]
Origin in the 14th Century—Rapid Development in the 15th[207]
Genesis of Belief in the Sabbat—The Canon Episcopi[208]
Discussion as to Delusion or Reality—Witch-Burnings[209]
Congregation of 1526 deliberates on the Subject[212]
Witch Epidemics—Active Persecution[214]
The Suprema restrains the Zeal of the Tribunals[216]
Enlightened Instructions[219]
Auto-suggestive Hypnotism of confessed Witches[220]
Conflict with secular Courts over Jurisdiction[222]
Lenient Punishment[223]
Retrogression—The Logroño Auto of 1610[225]
Revulsion of Feeling—Pedro de Valencia[228]
Alonso de Salazar Frias commissioned to investigate[230]
His rationalistic Report[231]
Instructions of 1614 virtually put an end to Persecution[235]
Persistent Belief—Torreblanca[239]
Witchcraft Epidemics disappear[240]
Witchcraft in the Roman Inquisition[242]
The Witchcraft Craze throughout Europe[246]
[Chapter X—Political Activity.]
Assertion that the Inquisition was a political Instrument[248]
No Trace of its Agency in the Development of Absolutism[249]
Rarely called upon for extraneous Service[251]
Case of Antonio Pérez[253]
Assassination of Juan de Escobedo[254]
Pérez replaced by Granvelle—is imprisoned—escapes to Saragossa—is condemned in Madrid[255]
Futile Attempts to prosecute him before the Justicia of Aragon[258]
The Inquisition called in and prosecutes him for Blasphemy[258]
He is surrendered to the Tribunal—the City rises and rescues him[259]
Philip’s Army occupies Saragossa—Pérez escapes to France—Execution of the Justicia Lanuza[263]
Prosecutions by the Inquisition in opposition to the policy of Philip II—Auto de fe of October 20, 1592[267]
Córtes of Tarazona in 1592 curtail the Liberties of Aragon[269]
Death of Pérez in 1611—his memory absolved in 1615[272]
Sporadic Cases of Intervention by the Inquisition[273]
It is used in the War of Succession[275]
Gradually becomes subservient under the Bourbons[276]
Is a political Instrument under the Restoration[277]
Sometimes used to enforce secular Law—The Export of Horses[278]
[Chapter XI—Jansenism.]
Indefinable Character of Jansenism, except as opposed to Ultramontanism[284]
Struggle in Spanish Flanders[286]
Quarrel with Rome over the Condemnation of Cardinal Noris in the Index of 1747[288]
Opposition to Ultramontanism and Jesuitism persecuted as Jansenism[292]
Expulsion of the Jesuits—Reaction under Godoy[294]
[Chapter XII—Free-Masonry.]
Development of Masonry—Condemned by the Holy See[298]
Persecuted by the Inquisition and the Crown[300]
It becomes revolutionary in Character[303]
Persecution under the Restoration[304]
Its pernicious Activity in the Constitutional Period[306]
[Chapter XIII—Philosophism.]
Growth of Incredulity towards the End of the Eighteenth Century[307]
Olavide selected as a Victim[308]
Impression produced by his Trial[311]
Struggle between Conservatism and Progress[312]
[Chapter XIV—Bigamy.]
Assumption of Jurisdiction over Bigamy[316]
Based on inferential Heresy[318]
The Civil and Spiritual Courts strive to preserve their Jurisdiction[319]
Penalties[321]
Contest over Jurisdiction revived—Carlos III subdivides it into three[323]
The Inquisition reasserts it under the Restoration[326]
Number of Cases[327]
[Chapter XV—Blasphemy.]
Distinction between heretical and non-heretical Blasphemy[328]
Contests over Jurisdiction with the spiritual and secular Courts[329]
Attempts at Definition of heretical Blasphemy[330]
Cumulative Jurisdiction[333]
Moderation of Penalties[334]
Number of Cases[335]
[Chapter XVI—Miscellaneous Business.]
Marriage in Orders[336]
Personation of Priesthood[339]
Roman Severity and Spanish Leniency[340]
Hearing of Confessions by Laymen[344]
Personation of Officials[344]
Demoniacal Possession[348]
Insults to Images[352]
Uncanonized Saints[355]
The Plomos del Sacromonte[357]
The Immaculate Conception[359]
Unnatural Crime[361]
Jurisdiction conferred in the Kingdoms of Aragon[363]
The Portuguese Inquisition obtains Jurisdiction[365]
Trials conducted under secular Procedure[366]
Penalties[367]
Case of Don Pedro Luis Galceran de Borja[370]
Usury[371]
Jurisdiction abandoned[374]
Morals[375]
The Seal of Confession[377]
General Utility[378]
[BOOK IX—CONCLUSION.]
[Chapter I—Decadence and Extinction.]
Independence of the Inquisition in the XVII Century[385]
The Bourbons.
Increased Control exercised by Philip V[386]
Gradual Diffusion of Enlightenment[387]
Progress under Carlos III—he limits Inquisitorial Privilege [389]
Influence of the French Revolution[390]
Diminished Respect—Increasing Moderation[392]
Projects of Reform—Jovellanos—Urquijo[394]
Growth of Opposition—Bishop Grégoire and his Opponents[397]
The Cortes.
The Napoleonic Invasion and the Uprising of Spain[399]
The Inquisition supports the Intrusive Government[400]
Its desultory Functions during the War of Liberation[402]
The Extraordinary Córtes assemble, September 24, 1810[403]
Freedom of the Press decreed—Controversy on the Inquisition[404]
The Constitution adopted[406]
Prolonged Struggle over the Suppression of the Inquisition—Carried January 26, 1813[407]
Resistance of the Clergy[414]
Reaction preceding the Return of Fernando VII[418]
The Restoration.
Character of Fernando VII[420]
Proscription of the Liberals[421]
The Inquisition re-established[424]
Its Reconstruction and financial Embarrassments[426]
Resumption of Functions[429]
Its diminished Authority—Its Moderation[430]
The Revolution of 1820.
Growing Disaffection culminates in successful Revolution[434]
Fernando compelled to abolish the Inquisition, March 9, 1820[436]
Suicide of Liberalism[438]
Quarrel with the Church—Increasing Anarchy[440]
The Congress of Verona orders Intervention[444]
The French Invasion—Ferdinand carried to Cádiz[446]
Proscription of the Liberals[448]
Fernando released and returns to Power[449]
Ten Years of Reaction.
Absolutism revenges itself on Liberalism[450]
Fernando refuses to revive the Inquisition[453]
Discontent of the Extremists—Rising in Catalonia[456]
Dormant Condition of the Inquisition[458]
Episcopal juntas de fe—Execution of Cayetano Ripoll[460]
Cristina.
The Question of Succession causes Reversal of Policy[462]
Death of Fernando VII—The Carlist War—Alliance of the Regent Cristina with the Liberals[466]
The Inquisition definitely abolished, July 15, 1834[467]
Gradual Development of Toleration[469]
[Chapter II—Retrospect.]
Vicissitudes in the History of Spain[472]
Causes of Decadence—Misgovernment of the Hapsburgs[473]
Industry crushed by Taxation[478]
Lack of Means of Intercommunication—The Mesta[480]
Debasement of the Coinage[482]
Aversion for Labor[483]
Multiplication of Offices—Empleomanía[485]
Gradual Recuperation under the Bourbons[486]
Inordinate Growth of the Church in Numbers and Wealth[488]
Demoralization of the Clergy[496]
Clerical Influence—Development of Intolerance[498]
Superficial Character of Religion[502]
Results of Intolerance[504]
Influence of the Inquisition on the People[507]
Contemporary opinion of its Services[508]
Indifference to Morals[509]
Disregard for Law—Aspirations to Domination[511]
Suppression of adverse Opinion[513]
Statistics of its Operations[516]
Conscientious Cruelty[525]
Persecution Profitable[527]
Influence on Intellectual Development[528]
Result of seeking to control the Human Conscience[531]
[Appendix of Documents][535]
[Index][547]