In like manner in the other weeks he was to try to picture to himself in as vivid a manner as possible all the events brought before his mind, whether terrible or glorious.

The end of all this discipline was to be the complete subjection of the man to the church.

The Jesuit was directed ever "to praise all the precepts of the church, holding the mind ready to find reasons for her defence and nowise in her offence." There must be an unconditional surrender to her not only of the will but of the intelligence.

"To make sure of being right in all things," says Loyola, "we ought always to hold by the principle that the white I see I should believe to be black if the hierarchical church were so to rule it." Inspired by this ideal the small body of students, agreeing to be called henceforth the Company of Jesus--a military term, the _socii_ being the companions or followers of a chief in arms--took vows to live in poverty and chastity [Sidenote: August 15, 1540] and to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

With this object they set out to Venice and then turned towards Rome for papal approbation of their enterprise.