[216] Crét. vol. iii. p. 180.
[217] Mariana was one of the most learned Spanish Jesuits, the personal enemy and the most fiery opponent of Acquaviva. He opposed to his utmost Molina’s doctrine on grace and free will, and propounded, as we have in part seen, the principle of the sovereignty of the people. He was held in great veneration among the Spaniards.
[218] See Ratio Studiorum. See also Ranke, vol. ii. p. 88.
[219] Serry, in Ranke, vol. ii. p. 88.
[220] Arbitrii cum gratiæ donis concordia.
[221] See it exposed more at length in Ranke, vol. ii. p. 90.
[222] Serry.
[223] Ranke, vol. ii. p. 131.
[224] Crét. vol. ii. p. 176.
[225] Escobar compiled his work of Moral Theology from twenty-four Jesuit authors, and in his preface he finds an analogy betwixt his book and “that in the Apocalypse which was sealed with seven seals,” and states that “Jesus presented it thus sealed to the four living creatures,” Suarez, Vasquez, Molina, and Valencia (four celebrated casuists), in presence of the four-and-twenty Jesuits, who represent the four-and-twenty elders.