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V The commander of the security police 1 July and SD 41 Prague, the... ..19.. XIX.. Among the Chestnuts 19. H bkfulieinaen - I - 254/41 - g. Tgb. Mr. B. d. p. 2. hfei Please indicate at the answer above vessel mark and date Genem ,Secret Reichsssachen An den hrt RO Duco des s aa siaaatirs Herrn State Secretary - Gruppenfimbetmen und mähren. beun Reichspcotektoc K.H. Frank Eing.: 8 JULY 1941 Tgb. Nt.. in Tgg. Subject: Province of Bohemia of the Jesuit order; anti-Reign activity of his religious members. Process: Without. In the second half of the 16th century the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia had lost almost all influence. The monasteries were partly destroyed, partly impoverished, the archbishop's seat was constantly unoccupied and the number of clerics dropped to a minimum and completely disciplinary. Since the majority of the population of Bohemia still attached to Jan Hus's doctrine of faith, the Prague chapter of the cathedral sought to take energetic measures to restore the Roman church in Bohemia. A promising help was promised to call the Jesuits who had not been active in Bohemia to the country. Therefore, in 1552, the cathedral chapter sent the prop of Dr. Heinrich Scribonius from Pisek to Vienna, who sent Emperor Ferdinand I to Prague the wish for the Jesuit to be sent. At the same time the Jesuits were offered four houses on the small side with the Church of Mary Magdalene as a gift. Ferdinand wrote personally to Pope Julius III and to Ignaz of Loyola, who in 1556 proved Peter C a n i s i s to Prague St. S. πC-7