Fourteen Years a Jesuit e-bog

By the inner constitution of the Order I mean the spirit of the Order. Theoretically, it is manifested in the Constitutions of the Order, and, practically, in its activity. Thus the inner and outer are combined, the organism of the Order, with its actual and its historical life, being formed by both.<br><br>Criticism will, therefore, extend to the whole of this domain. But, first, some preliminary questions must be answered.<br><br>1. Have we the real, and, above all, the complete Constitutions of the Order in the extant editions of the Institute of the Society of Jesus?<br><br>A positive answer cannot be given. We can only take what is offered as the complete Constitutions in good faith, trusting in the honour of those who issue them, namely, the Jesuit Order itself.