THE JESUIT WAY: 

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

 

 

The following excerpts are from …

“The
Jesuit Enigma”

by

(Jesuit) Dr. E Boyd Barrett

(Copyright 1929)

 

 

PREFACE

(Bold and italics added for emphasis)

 

“IT has been my lot to sojourn for twenty years among men (as both a Jesuit and supervisor of Jesuits) whose customs and modes of thought are not only distinctive but unique, and who, in spite of much that has been written about them are little known and indeed much misunderstood. Their lives are not only hidden and esoteric but for the ordinary mortal admission among them is impossible.

 

“It is true that they may be seen in the streets, in the halls of their colleges, and in the pulpits of churches, but their private, their real lives are as far removed from the range of men’s vision as if they were passed in some remote forest of tropical Africa.

 

“In spite, however, of their elusiveness from the ken of their fellow men Jesuits have played a large and significant role in history, political as well as religious, during the centuries that have gone by since the Renaissance.  (Preface pg. V)

 

“The story of the Jesuits opens with so many adventures that are remote from the ordinary … It is a strange story, removed in a number of ways from the commonplace.  It tells of a distinguished body of men bound together by oath in the pursuit of no less of an adventure than the conquest of the world.  (Pg 17)

 

“They set out to crush Protestantism and gave it a new lease of life (in response to their bloody Inquisitions which slaughtered millions)  … (Pg 20)

 

“We shall deal with only one other General (Generals are the head of the Jesuits, the Jesuit General is also called the “Black Pope”), Claudius Acquaviva, (1581 to 1615) as he has been called “the Saviour of the Society.” He was exceedingly astute, a diplomat to his finger-tips, and well versed in all the arts of secret government.  He perfected the espionage system of the Society … Pg 34  (Note:  Their involvement in Secret Societies was noted earlier)

 

“Spiritual Exercises”: The Book that Made the Jesuits

 

ON July 31, 1548, a sallow-faced, deep-eyed Spanish priest limped along the sultry streets of Rome clutching in his hand a parchment, sealed with the papal seal.  It was a document fated to change the destinies of kings and princes, and to prove the foundation stone on which was built an organization more potent for good and evil than any other organization of men that the Western world has ever seen. It was the Brief, Pastoralis Officii Cura, by which Paul III gave the (Roman) Church’s approval to the “Spiritual Exercises” of Ignatius Loyola. (Pg 62)

 

Thus … there was launched upon the world one of the most remarkable books ever written, a book that has made and unmade more saints and sinners than any other book save perhaps the Bible; a book that for centuries was shrouded in mystery and spoken of with superstitious awe by multitudes of the faithful; a book that Jesuits claim to have been written from the dictation of the Blessed Virgin … (Pg 62)

 

The Spiritual Exercises is of course the Koran of the Jesuits and one dare not breathe a word of criticism of it in the Order.  (Pg 71)

 

“Ignatius clearly wrote them (the Spiritual Exercises), but they were dictated to him by the Virgin (Mary) . . . It was not for nothing that during the whole period of their composition she (the Virgin Mary) frequently appeared to him”   (Pg 74)

 

(Note: When studying history, it is interesting to discover that the prophet Mohammed and the prophet Joseph Smith also founded their religions, Islam (Muslims) and the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), on revelations which both Mohammed and Joseph Smith said were given by angels!  Mohammed received his revelation from an angel (whom he called Gabriel) about 600 years after this Bible prophecy was written, and Joseph Smith received his revelation from an angel (he called Maroni) about 1,800 years after this prophecy was written, and here we find Ignatius Loyola receiving his revelation from an angel about 1500 years after the following Bible prophecy was written …

<Inserted Note>

“I marvel that you are turning away so soon
  from Him who called you in the grace of Christ,
  to a different gospel (way to Heaven),
  which is not another;
  but there are some who trouble you
  and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
  But even if we,
  OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN,
  preach any other gospel to you
  than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
  As we have said before, so now I say again,
  if anyone preaches any other gospel (way to Heaven) to you
  than what you have received, let him be accursed.”
  (Galatians 1:6-9) 

 <End of inserted Note>

 

“Certain critics of the Exercises have pointed out that they are calculated to produce abnormal nervous states in those who make them, even to the extent of producing hallucinary ecstasies.  (Pg 81)

 

“(Those reading) the Jesuit Constitutions (their laws), have been astonished to find elaborate provisions for spying and secret denunciation; for expelling members without trial or judiciary procedure; for punishing and incarcerating members …  (Pg 84)

 

“Jesuits are forbidden by rule to disclose information about their doings.  “Let no one tell outsiders what has been done or is about to be done at home, unless he knows that he has the Superior’s approval for so doing. Books or manuscripts concerning the doings of ‘Ours’ which are not written for the general public are not to be shown to outsiders without the Superior’s express consent.” And Jesuits are warned “to be diligently on their guard in private conversations and in answering questions . . . lest they say anything which they are unwilling should be published.”  Again, even when among themselves, Jesuits are sternly forbidden to criticize the Constitutions.  (Pg 86)

 

“The early Jesuit Generals, Ignatius, Lainez, Borgia, and Acquaviva, had scattered their men in every direction, north, south, east and west, and had inspired them to make stupendous efforts.

 

“It was not long before he made his way to Tibet and held friendly intercourse with the Grand Lama. For years he lived on intimate terms with the Great Mogul, at Delhi.           He did not delay about penetrating the forests of the Congo, and searching for the sources of the Nile.  He marched on foot from Persia to Paris, and drew maps of unknown lands in the Far East.

 

“While some Jesuits were thus scouring the globe at the word of their General, others were penetrating society and mixing with men the most varied virtues and vices. Indeed it is not too much to say that there is no outstanding character in history since the latter half of the sixteenth century, whether his fame was due to great learning or great achievements or great villainy, with whom the Jesuit did not come in contact (without being revealed as a Jesuit).

 

“We find him playing chess with the priest-hunting Conqueror, Oliver Cromwell; directing the conscience of Henri IV of France and likewise of his murderer Ravaillac; teaching Latin to Titus Oates, whose “Popish Plot” ruined alike the hopes of the Catholic Stuarts and the Catholic Church in England. He took to task such mighty statesmen as Philip II of Spain, Louis XIV, Richelieu, and Mazarin. He won the love as well as the hatred of Voltaire, and could command Sobieski and Maximilian of Bavaria as though they were his servants. He held the hand of Queen Christina, the daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, as she stepped from the throne of Sweden. He stood as counsellor at the side of Japanese and Chinese Emperors, and ruled as Prime Minister in Trichinopoli.

 

“He intrigued to place Mary Queen of Scots on the throne of England, and twenty years later associated with Guy Fawkes who sought to murder her son. He befriended Galileo; set up inquisitions; He corresponded with Napoleon; conversed with Washington; enjoyed the friendship and hospitality of Frederick the Great and Catherine the Great.

 

“He glided from court to court, a mild-eyed diplomat; to arrange royal espousals; to negotiate loans for Papal wars; to foment rebellions; to secure treaty-privileges. (Pp 17-18)

 

 

Jesuits Identify with the “Sun” God (Nimrod/Jupiter/Baal)

 

 

“The “Imago” describes how the Society (of the Jesuits) was foretold by the Prophets of old; how God Himself revealed its name to Ignatius … The “Imago” describes Jesuits as Angels on earth … the Protectors of the Church.  (Pg 96)

 

“The illustrations were in keeping with the text. The Order (of the Jesuits) was symbolized by the Sun shedding its rays over the world, “and nothing is hid from the heat thereof,” was quoted (from Scripture), as apropos. (Pg 96)

 

“Another illustration, bearing the title “The Society is attacked,” showed a crowd of men wearing fools caps (representing Protestants), aiming arrows at the Sun!   Underneath was written, “no arrow hits the Sun.”  (1 Imago Primi Sceculi, S. J.)  (Pg 96)

 

Jesuit Hatred for Christian “Protestants”

 

“Martin Luther is referred to as “that monster of the Universe,” that fatal plague, who had cast out all religion from his mind, and had divested himself not only of the garb of religion, but also of all its external forms, even the fear of sin.” Ignatius (and his military “company” of Jesuits) faces him (Protestantism) in the Arena and overcomes (conquers) him (the Protestants).”  (Pg 97)

 

 

Prophetic Rise of Rome …