His peccadilloes were condoned, unless the credit of the order came in question.

His natural abilities obtained free scope for their employment; for it suited the interest of the Company to make the most of each member's special gifts.

He had no tedious duties of the regular monastic routine to follow.

He was encouraged to become a man of the world, and to mix freely with society.
And thus, while he resigned himself, he lived the large life of a complex microcosm.

Nor were men of resolute ambition without the prospect of eventually swaying an authority beyond that possessed by princes; for any one of the professed might rise to the supreme power in the order.
Something must be said about Loyola's interpretation of the vow of poverty.