The New Review January 1940

Calicut which only a decade ago was raised to the honour of an episcopal seat became the centre of Jesuit influence towards the end of the 16th century and served the cause of Christianity and of Portuguese influence at the court of the Zamorin against the insinuating ambitions of the Dutch. [...] The Mission of Chota Nagpur now the diocese of Ranchi is the scene of the distinctive social work of the Jesuits. [...] Peter and Paul are the new Romulus and Remus ; the bishops and archbishops the new proconsuls ; the monks and priests the new legions ; the nuns the new more numerous vestals ; the Jesuits the new Imperial Guard. [...] According to this theory the Church 'is a department of police which must serve the aims of the State until such time as the enlightenment of the people permits of its relief by the secular power.' Here again we meet the recurring idea of the Eigenkirche. [...] The new era of the German yolk will be the battle of Noreia fought in 113 B. C. ; the national day of mourning will be the anniversary of the felling down of the sacred oaks by St.