The propagators
of certain dangerous opinions, who called themselves the
Illuminati, had been lately discovered and condemned in Spain. Besides, a great and terrible movement was beginning to distract all Europe. Luther, with his piercing and passionate voice, was stirring up the minds
of men, and disseminating his pestilent doctrines. His works, read, commented on, and reproduced under a thousand forms, animated all Germany against the Papacy. In Spain the Inquisition watched with extreme care over the preservation
of the Catholic faith. Meanwhile, it was a strange spectacle to see these men and women, belonging to every rank, assembling in an hospital round this
Ignatius, who hardly knew the rules
of grammar ! Things went so far, that Doctor Alonzo Sanchez, canon
of St. Just, on one occasion publicly refused the Communion to
Ignatius and his companions, reproaching them with making too familiar a use
of holy things. But shortly after, no doubt enlightened from on high, he distributed the
bread of life to them, and experienced at that moment so sweet a feeling
of devotion, that he could hardly restrain his tears. The same day, he begged
Ignatius to dine with him, and after hearing him speak upon spiritual subjects, respected him as a saint.
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