“The Jesuits reckon it among the greatest achievements of their Order that Loyola supported, by a special memorial to the Pope, a petition for the reorganization of that abominable and abhorred instrument of wholesale butchery – the infamous tribunal of the Inquisition. This order of Jesuits is now all-powerful in Rome. They have been reinstalled in the Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, in the Department of the Secretary of State, and in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Pontifical Government was for years previous to Victor Emanuel’s occupation of Rome entirely in their hands. The Society now numbers 8,584 members. But we must see what their chief rules are. By what is seen above, in becoming acquainted with their mode of action, we may ascertain what the whole Catholic body is likely to be.
Says Mackenzie: “The Order has secret signs and passwords, according to the degrees to which the members belong, and as they wear no particular dress, it is very difficult to recognize them, unless they reveal themselves as members of the Order, for they may appear as Protestants or Catholics, democrats or aristocrats, infidels, or bigots, according to the special mission with which they are entrusted. Their spies are everywhere, of all apparent ranks of society, and they may appear learned and wise, or simple or foolish, as their instructions run. There are Jesuits of both sexes, and all ages, and it is a well-known fact that members of the Order, of high family and delicate nurture, are acting as menial servants in Protestant families, and doing other things of a similar nature in aid of the Society’s purposes. We cannot be too much on our guard, for the whole Society, being founded on a law of unhesitating obedience, can bring its force on any given point with unerring and fatal accuracy.”
The Jesuits maintain that “the Society of Jesus is not of human invention, but it proceeded from him whose name it bears. For Jesus Himself described that rule of life which the Society follows, first by his example, and afterwards by his words.” Let, then, all pious Christians listen and acquaint themselves with this alleged “rule of life” and precepts of their God, as exemplified by the Jesuits.
Peter Alagona (St. Thomae Aquinatis Summae Theologiae Compendium) says: “By the command of God it is lawful to kill an innocent person, to steal, or commit…(Ex mandato Dei licet occidere innocentem, furari, fornicari); because he is the Lord of life and death, and all things, and it is due to him thus to fulfil his command”, (Ex prima secundae, Quaest., 94). “A man of a religious order, who for a short time lays aside his habit for a sinful purpose, is free from heinous sin, and does not incur the penalty of excommunication.” (Lib., iii., sec., 2, Probl. 44, D. 212).
John Baptist Taberna (Synopsis Theologiae Practicae), propounds the following question: “Is a judge bound to restore the bribe which he has received for passing sentence?” Answer: “If he has received the bribe for passing an unjust sentence, it is probable that he may keep it. This opinion is maintained and defended by fifty-eight doctors”, (Jesuits)”.
H. P. Blavatsky
