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Rome in 1567, and his high administrative gifts marked him out for the highest posts. He was soon nominated provincial of Naples and then of Rome; and during this See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office he offered to join the Jesuit See also:

MISSION

mission to See also:

England that set out under See also:

Robert See also:

Parsons (q.v.) in the See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1580. The following See also:

YEAR

year, being then only See also:

THIRTY

thirty-seven years old, he was elected, by a large See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority, general of the society in See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to Mercurian, to the See also:

GREAT

great surprise of See also:

Gregory XIII.; but the extraordinary See also:

POLITICAL

political ability he displayed, and the vast increase that came to the Society during his See also:

long generalate, abundantly justified the votes of the See also:

ELECTORS (Ger. Kurfursten, from Kilren, O.H.G. kiosan, choose, elect, and Furst, prince)

electors. He, together with Lainez, may be regarded as the real founder of the 'Society as it is known to See also:

HISTORY

history. A born ruler, he secured all authority in his own hands, and insisted that those who prided themselves on their obedience should See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act up to the profession. In his first See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter " On the happy increase of the Society " (25th of See also:

JULY

July 1581), he treats of the necessary qualifications for superiors, and points out that See also:

government should be directed not by the See also:

MAXIMS, LEGAL

maxims of human See also:

WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom but by those of supernatural prudence. He successfully quelled a revolt among the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish Jesuits, which was supported by See also:

Philip II., and he made use in this See also:

MATTER

matter of Parsons. A more difficult task was the management of See also:

SIXTUS

Sixtus V., who was hostile to the Society. By consummate tact and boldness Aquaviva succeeded in playing the See also:

king against the See also:

pope, and Sixtus against Philip. For prudential reasons, he silenced See also:

MARIANA, JUAN DE (1536-1624)

Mariana, whose See also:

DOCTRINE

doctrine on tyrannicide had produced deep indignation in See also:

France; and he also appears to have discountenanced the See also:

ACTION

action of the See also:

French Jesuits in favour of the See also:

LEAGUE

League, and was thus able to secure solid advantages when See also:

Henry IV. overcame the confederacy. To him is due the Jesuit See also:

SYSTEM

system of See also:

EDUCATION

education in the See also:

BOOK

book Ratio atque institutio studiorum (Rome, 1586).

But the See also:

DOMINICANS

Dominicans denounced it to the See also:

INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition, and it was condemned both in See also:

Spain and in Rome, on See also:

account of some opinions concerning the Thomist doctrines of the divine See also:

PHYSICAL

physical premotion in secondary causes and See also:

PREDESTINATION (from Late Lat. praedestinare, to deter-mine beforehand; from the root sta, as in stare, stand)

predestination. The incriminated chapters were withdrawn in the edition of 1591. In the fierce disputes that arose between the Jesuit theologians and the Dominicans on the subject of See also:

grace, Aquaviva managed, under See also:

Clement VIII. and See also:

Paul V., to See also:

SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save his party from a condemnation that at one See also:

time seemed probable. He died at Rome on the 31st of See also:

JANUARY

January 1615, leaving the Society numbering 13,000 members in 550 houses and 15 provinces. The subsequent See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence exercised by the Jesuits, in their See also:

GOLDEN

golden See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, was largely due to the far-seeing policy of Aquaviva, who is undoubtedly the greatest general that has governed the Society. (E.

End of Article: AQUAVIVA, CLAUDIO (1542-1615)

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