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		<title>Mxmsj: Text replacement - &quot;--&quot; to &quot; — &quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Text replacement - &amp;quot;--&amp;quot; to &amp;quot; — &amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l3&quot;&gt;Line 3:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:I, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[name]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; make my profession, and I promise to Almighty God, in the presence of the Virgin Mother, the whole heavenly court, and all those here present, and to you, Reverend Father &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[provincial&amp;#039;s name]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, representing the Superior General of the Society of Jesus and his successors and holding the place of God, perpetual poverty, chastity and obedience; and, in conformity with it, special care for the instruction of children, according to the manner of living contained in the apostolic letters of the Society of Jesus and its Constitutions.  I further promise a special obedience to the Sovereign Pontiff in regard to the missions according to the same apostolic letters and the Constitutions.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:I, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[name]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; make my profession, and I promise to Almighty God, in the presence of the Virgin Mother, the whole heavenly court, and all those here present, and to you, Reverend Father &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[provincial&amp;#039;s name]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, representing the Superior General of the Society of Jesus and his successors and holding the place of God, perpetual poverty, chastity and obedience; and, in conformity with it, special care for the instruction of children, according to the manner of living contained in the apostolic letters of the Society of Jesus and its Constitutions.  I further promise a special obedience to the Sovereign Pontiff in regard to the missions according to the same apostolic letters and the Constitutions.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:After &quot;solemn&quot; vows, the &quot;fully professed&quot; take five &quot;simple&quot; vows, privately&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;--&lt;/del&gt;after Mass, in a side chapel or a sacristy.  These vows show how well St. Ignatius understood human nature.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:After &quot;solemn&quot; vows, the &quot;fully professed&quot; take five &quot;simple&quot; vows, privately &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;— &lt;/ins&gt;after Mass, in a side chapel or a sacristy.  These vows show how well St. Ignatius understood human nature.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:* First, we vow never to change anything in the Jesuit Constitutions about poverty&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;--&lt;/del&gt;unless to make it &quot;more strict.&quot;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:* First, we vow never to change anything in the Jesuit Constitutions about poverty &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;— &lt;/ins&gt;unless to make it &quot;more strict.&quot;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:* Second, a vow never to &amp;quot;strive or ambition&amp;quot; for any dignity in the church, like becoming a bishop.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:* Second, a vow never to &amp;quot;strive or ambition&amp;quot; for any dignity in the church, like becoming a bishop.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:* Third, never to &amp;quot;strive or ambition&amp;quot; for any high office in the Jesuits.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:* Third, never to &amp;quot;strive or ambition&amp;quot; for any high office in the Jesuits.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Mxmsj</name></author>
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		<title>Mxmsj at 16:24, 26 January 2011</title>
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		<updated>2011-01-26T16:24:09Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:After &amp;quot;solemn&amp;quot; vows, the &amp;quot;fully professed&amp;quot; take five &amp;quot;simple&amp;quot; vows, privately--after Mass, in a side chapel or a sacristy.  These vows show how well St. Ignatius understood human nature.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;:After &amp;quot;solemn&amp;quot; vows, the &amp;quot;fully professed&amp;quot; take five &amp;quot;simple&amp;quot; vows, privately--after Mass, in a side chapel or a sacristy.  These vows show how well St. Ignatius understood human nature.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* First, we vow never to change anything in the Jesuit Constitutions about poverty--unless to make it &quot;more strict.&quot;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:&lt;/ins&gt;* First, we vow never to change anything in the Jesuit Constitutions about poverty--unless to make it &quot;more strict.&quot;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Second, a vow never to &quot;strive or ambition&quot; for any dignity in the church, like becoming a bishop.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:&lt;/ins&gt;* Second, a vow never to &quot;strive or ambition&quot; for any dignity in the church, like becoming a bishop.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Third, never to &quot;strive or ambition&quot; for any high office in the Jesuits.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:&lt;/ins&gt;* Third, never to &quot;strive or ambition&quot; for any high office in the Jesuits.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Fourth, if we find out that someone is striving for these things, we are to &quot;communicate his name&quot; to the Society.  (A friend calls this the vow to rat out someone, but it&#039;s another indication of how much Ignatius wanted to eliminate ambition, as far as possible, from the Jesuits.)   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:&lt;/ins&gt;* Fourth, if we find out that someone is striving for these things, we are to &quot;communicate his name&quot; to the Society.  (A friend calls this the vow to rat out someone, but it&#039;s another indication of how much Ignatius wanted to eliminate ambition, as far as possible, from the Jesuits.)   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Finally, we take a vow that, if we are somehow made bishop, we will still listen to the superior general.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;:&lt;/ins&gt;* Finally, we take a vow that, if we are somehow made bishop, we will still listen to the superior general.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Mxmsj</name></author>
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		<title>Mxmsj: Created page with &quot;;[http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&amp;id=25478545-3048-741E-7656807869140223 &quot;In All Things:]  :I, &#039;&#039;[name]&#039;&#039; make my profession, and I promise to Almighty Go...&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2011-01-26T16:23:38Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;;[http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&amp;amp;id=25478545-3048-741E-7656807869140223 &amp;quot;In All Things:]  :I, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[name]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; make my profession, and I promise to Almighty Go...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;;[http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&amp;amp;id=25478545-3048-741E-7656807869140223 &amp;quot;In All Things:]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[name]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; make my profession, and I promise to Almighty God, in the presence of the Virgin Mother, the whole heavenly court, and all those here present, and to you, Reverend Father &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[provincial&amp;#039;s name]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, representing the Superior General of the Society of Jesus and his successors and holding the place of God, perpetual poverty, chastity and obedience; and, in conformity with it, special care for the instruction of children, according to the manner of living contained in the apostolic letters of the Society of Jesus and its Constitutions.  I further promise a special obedience to the Sovereign Pontiff in regard to the missions according to the same apostolic letters and the Constitutions. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:After &amp;quot;solemn&amp;quot; vows, the &amp;quot;fully professed&amp;quot; take five &amp;quot;simple&amp;quot; vows, privately--after Mass, in a side chapel or a sacristy.  These vows show how well St. Ignatius understood human nature.  &lt;br /&gt;
* First, we vow never to change anything in the Jesuit Constitutions about poverty--unless to make it &amp;quot;more strict.&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
* Second, a vow never to &amp;quot;strive or ambition&amp;quot; for any dignity in the church, like becoming a bishop.  &lt;br /&gt;
* Third, never to &amp;quot;strive or ambition&amp;quot; for any high office in the Jesuits.  &lt;br /&gt;
* Fourth, if we find out that someone is striving for these things, we are to &amp;quot;communicate his name&amp;quot; to the Society.  (A friend calls this the vow to rat out someone, but it&amp;#039;s another indication of how much Ignatius wanted to eliminate ambition, as far as possible, from the Jesuits.)  &lt;br /&gt;
* Finally, we take a vow that, if we are somehow made bishop, we will still listen to the superior general.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Society of Jesus]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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