The latter, without them, "would never have caused embarrassment;" henceforth there will be no other body.[5159] "I want bishops, cures, vicars, and that's all! Religious communities have been allowed to re-establish themselves against my instructions;--I am informed that, at Beauvais, the Jesuits have formed establishments under the name of the Fathers of Faith.

It should not be allowed"-- and he prohibits it by decree.[5160] He dissolves "all associations formed under the pretext of religion and unauthorized." He decides that, in future, "no aggregation or association of men or of women shall be formed under pretext of religion unless formally authorized;" he enjoins the prosecuting attorneys of his courts "to prosecute even by extra proceedings all persons of both sexes who directly or indirectly violate this decree." He reserves to himself, however, the faculty of authorizing communities by which he can profit, and, in fact, he authorizes several of these as instruments which society needs, or which are useful to the State, especially nursing or teaching sisters of charity,[5161] the brethren of Christian schools,[5162] and, first in rank, the Lazarists and the Fathers of foreign missions.[5163] "These monks," he says,[5164] will be of great service in Asia, in Africa, and in America.

I will send them to procure information on the state of the country.

Their robe protects them, while it is a cover to political and commercial designs....

I will allow them a capital to start with of 15,000 francs rental....