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PROPHETIC TOOL CHEST

CHAPTER SEVEN

THE COUNTER REFORMATION &

THE RISE OF THE JESUIT ORDER

One of the main elements of the Protestant Reformation was the discovery of thePapacy as the prophesied Antichrist. The Protestants of old came to realize that the

system of 666, the very system which had existed since the days of Nimrod; the religious

system which became the corner stone of all pagan kingdomshad finally reached itsapex in the Papal system. We have discovered that Roman Catholicism is, in essence, a

conglomeration of all the pagan idolatries from the preceding world kingdomsleading

back to the system constructed by Nimrod. Yes, the Papacy is indeed ecumenical anduniversal, for she ties Paganism, Judaism, and Christianity all together into one vast

system of confusion.

God separated Israel from Paganism in the Old Testament; God separated theChurch from Paganism and apostate Judaism in New Testament times. God, through the

centuries, has had a people in whom He bestowed his spiritual kingdom in purity. ThePapacy, however, does the opposite of the Lord. She combines Satans kingdom with

Gods kingdom and then offers this religion to the Godhead as a sacrifice as though she isthe immaculate spouse of Christ. Catholicity, in essence, is Chaldean astrology, which is

the worship of the Dragon (serpent) power. Protestantism came to one of the most

important aspects of truth: A more sure word of prophecy (2 Peter 1: 19). God rose upmen like Wycliff, Luther, Calvin, and others to identify the acme of the serpent power in

the Papacy and well did Protestantism expose her, and well did they set the stage for all

those who would follow and carry the flame of prophetic truth.The Papacy felt the pressure of the Protestants. What was her main solution to the

Protestant problem? Her solution to the large group of men who were telling the world

that the Antichrist had finally been realized in the Churchwas the COUNTERREFORMATION. Leroy Froom demonstrates the five-fold manifestation of the CounterReformation as follows:

(1) The formal recognition of the order of Jesuits,

(2) The actions and decrees of the Council of Trent,

(3) The Catholic counter systems of prophetic interpretations,(4) The establishment of the Index,

(5) The world spread revival of persecution (The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Vol. 2, 465)

This five-fold picture given by Froom definitely outlines the Counter Reformation. In

this chapter we are going to look at points 1, 2, 4, 5. Point 3, The Catholic counter

systems of prophetic interpretations will be covered in the following chapter: Futurism:The Counterfeit Prophecy. In this chapter we are going to elucidatethrough means of

several quotationsthe main points of the Counter Reformation that gave rise to the

Papal machine for the subversion of Protestantism.

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The Counter Reformation: The Rise Of The Jesuits

(1) THE RISE OF THE JESUIT ORDER

Protestantism, from its very foundation, was a movement brought into being by

God Himself to expose the corruptions of the apostate church. God rose up this

movement to expose the Antichrist to the world. This movement had not reached total

theological maturity in the days of Luther; this maturity was to be reached in the years tocome by those who were to have the prospect of the totalityin sightof the conflictive

issues between Protestantism and Catholicism to ascertain. Protestantism, in the days of

Luther, was the germination of a seed that was to reach full maturity in the time frameprior to Christs second coming. It is certain that the prophetic testimony sealed by the

blood of the saints in Reformation days is the prophetic torch held by those who will not

be deceived by the sophistries of Romanism in the last days. In Reformation days, theDevil understood the magnitude of what was happening to his greatest achievement, the

Papacy, and he understood what was to be the outcome of his most precious work in the

years to come if he allowed Protestantism to continue. The Devil then moved against the

Protestants and the fortress of Scripture: In the Book, The Great Controversy, pp. 208 209 we read:

Rome summoned new forces, hoping to accomplish its [Protestantism]

destruction. At this time, the order of the Jesuits was created, the most cruel,

unscrupulous, and powerful of all the champions of popery. Cut off from every

earthly tie and human interest, dead to the claims of natural affection, reason andconscience wholly silenced, they knew no rule, no tie, but that of their order, and

no duty but to extend its power. The gospel of Christ had enabled its adherents to

meet danger and endure suffering, undismayed by cold, hunger, toil, and poverty,

to uphold the banner of truth in face of the rack, the dungeon, and the stake. To

combat these forces, Jesuitism inspired its followers with a fanaticism that

enabled them to endure like dangers, and to oppose to the power of truth all the

weapons of deception. There was no crime too great for them to commit, nodeception too base for them to practice, no disguise too difficult for them to

assume. Vowed to perpetual poverty and humility, it was their studied aim to

secure wealth and power, to be devoted to the overthrow of Protestantism, and

the re-establishment of the papal supremacy. When appearing as members of

their order, they wore a garb of sanctity, visiting prisons and hospitals,ministering to the sick and the poor, professing to have renounced the world, and

bearing the sacred name of Jesus, who went about doing good. But under this

blameless exterior the most criminal and deadly purposes were concealed. It was

a fundamental principle of the order that the end justifies the means. By this

code, lying, theft, perjury, assassination, were not only pardonable but

commendable, when they served the interests of the church. Under various

disguises the Jesuits worked their way into offices of State, climbing up to be the

counselors of kings, and shaping the policy of nations. They became servants, to

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act as spies upon their masters. They established colleges for the sons of princes

and nobles, and schools for the common people; and the children of Protestant

parents were drawn into an observance of popish rites. All the outward pomp and

display of the Romish worship was brought to bear to confuse the mind, and

dazzle and captivate the imagination; and thus the liberty for which the fathershad toiled and bled was betrayed by the sons. The Jesuits rapidly spread

themselves over Europe, and wherever they went, there followed a revival ofpopery.

The most potent force ever to come against Protestantism was the Jesuit Order. IgnatiusLoyola, or Don Inigo Lopez De Loyola (1491 1556) was the founder of this society. In

1491 Inigo was born at Guipuzcoa in the castle of Loyola. He was the son of a man who

belonged to the higher Spanish nobility; and consequently at a young age, Inigo hadaccess to the royal court. As Inigo grew older, he was knighted, and he served the military

in Pamplona (See Will Durant, The Reformation, 905). Inigo constantly had the vision of

glory on his mind, and a chance came to distinguish himself: the French attackedPamplona, Inigo heartened the defense with his bravery; the enemy captured the citadel

nevertheless, and Inigos right leg was fractured by a cannon ball (May 20, 1521)(Durant, The Reformation, 906). With Inigos dream of military glory being removed

from him, he was soon to find a whole new path that was to make him the founder of themost influential organization that the world has ever seen.

After Inigos injury, he was taken to the castle of Loyola to heal. In the time Inigo

spent at his ancestral castle, he studied fanciful books about Christ and the saints:Ludolfuss Life of Christ and Flos Sanctorum. These fanciful books inspired Inigo so

much that he began to seek glory through sainthood. He endeavoredat least in thought

to capture Jerusalem from Islamic control. (This is still one of the Jesuit ambitions.)It is alleged that in Inigos resolve to go to Jerusalem, he had a vision of the Virgin Mary

holding her child, and the Virgin told Inigo that he would receive victory over

concupiscencevictory over all fleshly inclinations. Loyola then committed himself toMary and Christ in his spiritual conquest (See Durant, The Reformation, 906).

On the way to Jerusalem, Loyola came to Montserrat where he spent three

days in confession and penance. We are told: All the night of March 24 25, 1522, he

spent alone in the chapel of a Benedictine monastery, kneeling or standing before thealter of the Mother of God. He pledged himself to perpetual chastity and poverty

(Durant, The Reformation, 906). In The History Of The Jesuits, G. B. Nicolini explains

that, in this visit:[Loyola] became daily absorbed in the most profound meditations, and made a

full confession of all his past sins, which was so often interrupted by his

passionate outbursts of penitent weeping, that it lasted three days. To stimulate

his devotion, he lacerated his flesh with the scourge, and abjuring his past life, he

hung up his sword beside the Alter in the church of the convent of Monserrat

(Hsitory Of The Jesuits: Their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, And Designs, 12, 13).

When Loyola set out for Jerusalem again, he came to the port of Barcelona where hefound shelter in a cave near Manreze. He spent almost a year here practicing austerities

that brought him close to death (Durant, The Reformation, 907). Loyola brought himself

through the most horrible tortures in order to gain control over his mind and body; but intruth, he was in the process of losing his mind to the control of demons. The torturing of

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his body and mind caused him to have visions; these visions latter became the foundation

of Loyolas Spiritual Exercises, which he would take novices through to give them the

kind of mind he had. M. F. Cusack gives some insight concerning Loyolas visions:

He flogged his body till the blood came. He fasted until he saw visions, and the

more he flogged himself the more visions he saw, and the more visions he saw

the more he fasted. It was simply cause and affect. The mind weakened by the

weakened body, was no longer master of his God given intellect. He was guilty

of intellectual suicide, for he deliberately depraved himself of his mental powers.

No wonder if in such a state of mind the idea should come to him of framing a

rule [His Spiritual Exercises] which requires the abnegation of Gods best gift to

man. A general who was about to engage in an anxious and important campaignwould not dream of preparing himself for it by deliberately weakening his

intellectual faculties, yet this is precisely what the Spanish devotee considered to

be necessary for the success of his enterprise. . . . .It is true he had visions which

must have gratified his vanity; but the visions gave no peace to his restless soul.

On one occasion he lay for eight days in a trance or swoon; but his awakening

did not find him any the happier. He was haunted by demons and distressed by

doubts. Probably he believed in his visions, and his demonical apparitions were

to him realities (The Black Pope: A History Of The Jesuits, 30, 31).

Edmond Paris gives us insight as to the purpose of Loyola's spiritual exercises:

Ignatius understood more clearly than any other leader of men who preceded him

that the best way to raise a man to a certain ideal is to become master of his

imagination. We "imbue into him spiritual forces which he would find verydifficult to eliminate later," forces more lasting than all the best principles and

doctrines; these forces can come up again to the surface, sometimes after years of

not even mentioning them, and become so imperative that the will finds itself

unable to oppose any obstacle, and has to follow their irresistible impulse.

Thus all the "truths" of the Cathlic dogma will have to be, not only meditated,

but lived and felt by the one who devotes himself to these "Exercises," with the

help of a "director." In other words, he will have to see and relive the mystery

with the greatest possible intensity. The candidate's sensitiveness becomes

impregnated with these forces whose persistence in his memory, and even more

so in his subconscious, will be as strong as the effort he made to evoke and

assimilate them. Beside sight, the other senses such as hearing, smell, taste and

touch will play their part. In short, it is mere controlled auto-suggestion.

Imposing on his (Loyola's) disciples actions which, to him, were spontaneous, he

needed just thirty days to break, with this method, the will and reasoning, in the

manner in which a rider breaks his horse. He only needed thirty days "triginta

dies," to subdue a soul (The Secret History of the Jesuits, 21, 22. Emphasismine).

Loyolas meditations were undoubtedly demonic experiences, and his spiritual exercises

were a means to become demon possessed. It is interesting to notice that what Cusackdescribes as being the meditative experiences of Loyola coincides well with Pagan

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meditations. This is very significant, because Loyola was cast into the prison of the

Inquisition on the charge of being one of the Alombrados or Illuminati (The Black Pope:A History Of The Jesuits, 37). Cusack explains that there is very curious connectionbetween the directions given by Ignatius Loyola in his famous Spiritual Exercises, and

the directions which were given to the Buddist novice, on his initiation into the higher

mysteries of that creed, and the Alombrados or Illuminati were of distinctly Buddistorigin (The Black Pope: A History Of The Jesuits, 37). In other words, the Spanish

Illuminatis belief system came from Buddist origins, and Loyolas Spiritual Exercises

were very similar to the Buddists; thus, the Inquisition had reason to investigate Loyola.When Loyola finally came to Jerusalem, the Franciscan provincial made Loyola

return back to where he came from. The Franciscans had been commanded by the Pope

to keep peace in the area, and they saw that Loyolas ambitions would cause political

strife (See Durant, The Reformation, 907). In 1524 Loyola had returned to Barcelona, andhe then began learning Latin from young schoolboys. Eventually he made his way to

Paris at the College de Montaigu then to the College Ste.Barbe. Loyola gathered

disciples from these colleges, and he taught them his spiritual exercises. We learn that on

August 15, 1534, Loyola, Faber, Xavier, Diego Laynez, Alonso Salmeron, NicolasBobadilla, Simon Rodriguez, Claude Le Jay, Jean Codure, and Paschase Broet took

vowels to go to the Holy Land, but this did not come to pass (See Durant, The

Reformation, 910).In 1537, at Venice, Loyola was influenced by the Theatine priests to focus on

helping the Church in Europe; this is where Loyola began to realize his glorious

ambitions. Loyola and his group then dedicated themselves to the service of thehierarchical Church. Froom quoting A. J. Wylie says, This militant Company of Jesus,

constituted the bull, Regimini Militantis Ecclesiae, of Paul the III in 1540, directed that

those who enrolled in this army were to bear the standard of the Cross, to wield the armsof God, to serve the only Lord, and the Roman Pontiff, His Vicar on earth (Wylie . The

History of Protestantism, Vol. 2, 386: Cited by Froom inProphetic Faith Of Our Fathers,

Vol. 2, 466).

The Purpose Of The Order

(The following web sites describe the controversy of an X-Jesuit who exposed the

workings of the Jesuit Order: Alberto Rivera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and 12

Most Frequently Heard Charges Against Alberto Answered)

What was the purpose of Ignatius new society? The purpose of the Jesuit Order

was to recapture all the ground lost to Protestantism. It was the studied aim of the Jesuits

to become the masters of the worldto bring all men into submission and subservienceto the Roman Catholic Church. The Jesuits became the masters of every conceivable

field of knowledge; they climbed the staircase of political power. Indeed they must have

had demonic powers giving them abilities. John Ridpath acutely explains the objective ofLoyolas order:

The Society of Jesus was thenceforth recognized as the chief opposing force ofProtestantism. The Order became dominant in determining the plans and policy

of the Romish Church. The brotherhood grew and flourished. It planted its

chapters first in France, Italy and Spain, and then in all civilized lands. The

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success of the Order was phenomenal. It became a power in the world. It sent

out its representatives to every quarter of the globe. Its solitary apostles were

seen shadowing the thrones of Europe. They sought, by every means known to

human ingenuity, to establish and confirm the tottering fabric of Rome, and to

undermine the rising fabric of Protestantism. They penetrated to the Indus andthe Ganges. They traversed the deserts of Thibet, and said, Here am I, in the

streets of Peking. They looked down into the silver mines of Peru, and knelt inprayer on the shore of Lake Superior. To know all secrets, fathom all designs,

penetrate all intrigues, prevail in all councils, rise above all diplomacy, and

master the human race, such was their purpose and ambition. They wound about

human society in every part of the habitable earth, the noiseless creepers of their

ever-growing plot to retake the world for the Church, and to subdue and conquer

and extinguish the last remnant of opposition to her dominion from shore to

shore, from the rivers to the end of the earth (Ridpaths Universal History, Vol.

13, 239).

The Jesuit, Malachi Martin, confirms Ridpaths statement concerning the purpose of theJesuit order. Concerning Protestantism, Martin says:

Their first main targets: the new Protestant churches pullulating throughout

Europe. Precisely, the vital issue at stake between the Catholic Church and the

leaders of the Protestant revoltLuther, Calvin, Henry VIII of Englandwas the

authority of the Roman Pontiff and the preeminent primacy of his Roman

Catholic ChurchThe Jesuits carried the battle right into the territories of these

papal enemies. They waged public controversies with kings, they debated in

Protestant universities, they preached at crossroads and in marketplaces . . . (TheJesuits: The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church,28).

How did the Jesuits achieve such power?

There was no continent Jesuits did not reach; no known language they did not

speak and study, or, in scores of cases, develop; no culture they did not penetrate;no branch of learning and science they did not explore; no work in humanism, in

the arts, in popular education they did not undertake and do better than anyone

else. . . (The Jesuits: The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the RomanCatholic Church, 27).

Martin says that the Jesuits went to all continents. What were some of the tactics that

were used by the Jesuits to gain converts? W. C. Brownlee tells us:

They were also extremely indulgent to their heathen converts, the Chinese, forinstance. They allowed them to continue the worship of their ancestors, and light

candles, and burn incense before their images; they imposed on them no other

burden than to give to these deceased Chinese the names of the Roman saints,

such as St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Mary! These the converts had on their lips, while

their hearts homage was given to their ancestors. Thus they converted them by

stealth and saved them by deception and idolatry (Secret Instructions Of TheJesuits, 7).

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Concerning the Chinese, the Jesuits had to do little work, for Catholicism has so much in

common with Nimrods religion; the Jesuits only needed to change the names: everything

else was almost identical. Furthermore, the basis of Loyolas power was in his spiritualexercises from Spanish Illuminism, a system in harmony with Paganism. Thus, in many

cultures, Loyola already had a bridge paved for him.

Martin explains how the Jesuits gained so much influence over Europe: Theyhad a monopoly in the education of Europe for over two hundred years, and

numbered the famous and infamous in their worldwide alumni - Voltaire, Luis Bunuel,

Fidel Castro, and Alfred Hitchcock included (The Jesuits: The Society of Jesus and the

Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church, 29. Emphasis mine). Martin elaborates on the

extent that Jesuit influence has penetrated civilization even in modern times:

They were the first body of Catholic Scholars who became preeminent in secular

sciencesmathematics, physics, astronomy, archeology, linguistics, biology,

chemistry, zoology, paleography, ethnography, genetics. The list of inventionsand scientific discoveries by Jesuits had filled endless numbers of volumes in the

most diverse fieldsmechanical engineering, hydraulic power, airflight,

oceanography, hypnosis, crystals, comparative linguistics, atomic theory, internalmedicine, sunspots, hearing aids, alphabets for the deaf and dumb, cartography.

The list from which these random samples are taken numbs the mind by its all-

inclusive variety. Their manuals, textbooks, treaties, and studies were

authoritative in every branch of Catholic and secular learning (The Jesuits, 29).

If the Jesuits have and are mastering science, this should be a very big eye opener to

Christians today that the Jesuits are using technologies that are far more control pervasive

and destructive than in the days of Loyola. Edwin A. Sherman, back in the 1800s,foresaw the words of Malachi Martin:

The time will arrive very soon, in which the Company of Jesus will become

very solicitous in the human sciences, but without a single application to virtue,

the ambition will be to dominate, the overbearing and pride penetrating its soul,

to rule alone and no one can restrain them (The Engineer Corps Of Hell; OrRomes Sappers and Miners, 34).

Concerning the progress of the Jesuits, Durant emphasizes: Rarely has so small a group

achieved so much so rapidly. Year by year its prestige and influence grew, until, within

twenty years of its formal establishment, it was recognized as the most brilliant productof the Catholic Reform (The Reformation, 915, 916). Froom gives an excellent summary

of Jesuit expansion into the world:

From 1540, then, the Counter Reformation may be dated. Within fifty years theJesuits had planted stations in Peru, Africa, the islands of the East Indies,

Hindustan, Japan, and China, and before long in the Canadian forests and the

American colonies. Their members secured important chairs in universities.

They became counselors and confessors to monarchs, and were the most able of

all Catholic preachers. By 1615 they had a membership of thirteen thousand.Thus through the Jesuits the Counter Reformation, next to the Protestant

Reformation itself, became the most memorable movement in the history of

modern times (Prophetic Faith Of Our Fathers, Vol. 2, 464).

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(2) THE COUNCIL OF TRENT

The second step that the Counter Reformation of the Papacy took against Protestantism

was the Council of Trent. John Dowling tells us:

At the time of Luthers death, the fathers of Trent had just commenced the

celebrated council, called at that city by pope Paul III., partly with the professeddesign of promoting a reform of the abuses in the church, and of the morals and

manners of the clergy, which was so loudly demanded; but chiefly for the

purpose of rooting out the Lutheran heresy; and, in opposition to the doctrines of

the German reformers, of stating and defining with more exactitude and precisionthan ever before, the doctrines of the Romish church. The opening session of the

council of Trent was held on the 13th of December, 1545, and the closing session

was not held, till the month of December, 1563 (after several suspensions and

intermissions), about eighteen years from its commencement ( History OfRomanism: From The Earliest Corruptions Of Christianity To The Present Time:

Book 5, Chap. 1, 475).

We should raise the question: What was the foundation of Protestantism? The Foundationof Protestantism was the Bible. Froom tells us that the Council of Trents Discussions

Focused On Luthers Positions. What were Luthers positions?

(1) that Holy Scripture contains all things necessary to salvation, and that it is

sacrilege to place tradition on a level with the Scriptures;

(2) that certain books, accepted as canonical in the Latin Vulgate, are apocryphal and

not canonical;(3) that the meaning of Scripture is plain, and can be understood without churchly

commentary, by aid of the Holy Spirit (Prophetic Faith Of Our Fathers, Vol. 2,

474).

In the 4th session of this Council, we are shown the Papacys attitude towards the word of

God. In theHistory Of Romanism, we learn:

In this session, a decree was passed which placed tradition upon an equality with

the Scripturesdeclared the books of the Apocrypha to be a part of the word of

Godelevated the Latin translation of the Scriptures called the Vulgate, to an

authority superior to that of the inspired Hebrew and Greek originals, and

enacted severe penal laws against the liberty of the press (Dowling, History Of

Romanism, Book 7, Chap. 1, 479).

Dowling then cites the words of the Council:

The sacred, holy, ecumenical and general council of Trent, lawfully assembled in

the Holy Spirit, the three before mentioning legates of the Apostolic See

presiding therein; having constantly in view the removal of error and the

preservation of the purity of the gospel in the church, which gospel, promised

before by the prophets in the sacred Scriptures, was first orally published by our

Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who afterwards commanded it to be preached

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by his apostles to every creature, as the source of all saving truth and discipline;

and perceiving that this truth and discipline are contained BOTH IN WRITTEN

BOOKS AND UNWRITTEN TRADITIONS . . . . (History Of Romanism, Book7, Chap. 1, 479).

What are the UNWRITTEN TRADITIONS of the Papacy? Wylie explains what these

traditions are:We may state, that the traditions which the Church of Rome has thus placed on a

level with the Bible are the supposed sayings of Christ and the apostles handed

down by tradition. Of course, no proof exists that such things were ever spoken

by those to whom they are imputed. They were never known or heard of till the

monks of the middle ages gave them to the world (The Papacy: History,

Dogmas, Genius, And Prospects: Book 2, 171).

Notice that the Papacy put scripture on an equal par with tradition. Ultimately the Papacy

had different ambitions for this parallelism of Scripture with Tradition. Martin Chemnitz

(1522 1586), observes the true purpose of Tradition in Trent where he cites the

Councils attitude:The Council of Trent makes scripture of none effect because: (1) Scripture isinsufficient, for it does not contain everything that is necessary for faith and

godly living; (2) because also in those things which it does contain it is obscure

and ambiguous, like a waxen nose or a leaden square . . . . Therefore they say that

it is an occasion of strife rather than the voice of a judge, a teacher who cannot

speak, a dead letter, yes, a letter that kills, etc (Examination Of The Council OfTrent: Concerning Holy Scriptures Sect. 1, paragraph 5, 46).

Chemnitz then notices an important correlation as it pertains to the UNWRITTEN

TRADITIONS of the Papacy:

The Talmudists embellish their fictions by pretending that Moses on Mount Sinaireceived from God not only what he wrote but also a mystical and secret

exposition of the Law, which he neither wrote nor wanted written but handed

down orally and recommended that it be delivered to posterity from hand tohand. And they say that both are the Word of God, to be received and respected

with equal reverence and devotion.

And if the Talmud had not been written beforehand, I would surely have thought

that the rabbis had taken this theory over from the papalists and had

accommodated it to their traditions. For so great is the similarity that there can

be no doubt that both the fictions of the Talmudists and of the papalists

concerning traditions have one and the same architect and maker, namely, him

who sows and mixes tares with the good seed (Examination Of The Council OfTrent: Concerning Holy Scriptures Sect. 3, paragraph 5, 67).

The Roman Churchthough pretending to honor the scriptures in the Councilin realitywas debasing the scriptures and seeking every way to discredit their meaning in the hope

that they would be justified in the condemnation of Protestantism. It was simple

destructive logic on the part of the Papacy at the Council: Protestantism was basing their

beliefs on the Scripture, so the Papacy had to discredit the source. The Papacyin their

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own estimationcan indeed contradict the plain statements of Scripture, because they

have a system of unwritten tradition very similar to that of the Jews.

The Talmud was one of the primary sources of confusion for the Jews whenChrist walked the earth. Jesus contended with the false traditions of the Rabbis when he

said, Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias (Isaiah) prophecy of you, saying, this people

draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is farfrom me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrine the commandments of

men (Matt. 15:7 9). Coupled with the Papal system of unwritten traditions, which

undermine the Bible, the Papacy has even went so far as to canonize Apocryphal books.Why did the Council do this? Dowling explains: the motives of the papists in giving

these apocryphal books a place in the canon of Scripture, are abundantly evident from the

use which they make of them in establishing some of their unscriptural doctrines and

practices (History Of Romanism, Book 7, Chap. 1, 480). Chemnitz acknowledges thatthis was the scheme of the Papacy:

For these very decrees of the fourth session give out the resounding confession

before the whole world that the papalists have in their church many, yes, mostly

such things which they can in no way prove, establish, and defend withtestimonies and proofs from the canonical Scripture. Therefore they seek other

proofs outside of and beyond the Scripture, in order that, when they are pressed

and attacked with testimonies from scripture, they may not be compelled to yield

to the truth but may have other aids ready for use, a refuge, as it were, to which

they may turn (Examination Of The Council Of Trent, exam. 5, 40).

Note: The Papacy had to find a justification for teachings that contradicted the canonical

Scriptures, so they sought justification in extra-biblical sources. This is a very importantissue, an issue that is covered more in the chapter concerning the counter systems of

prophetic interpretation.

A Few Of The Doctrines, Which Come From ExtraBiblical Sources

Here are some of the important doctrines of Papal Rome that they have justified through

extra-biblical sources:

We are saved by the giving of alms: Tobit 12:8, 9 says:

Prayer and fasting are good, but better than either is almsgiving accompanied by

righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than abundance with

wickedness. It is better to give alms than to store up gold; for almsgiving saves

one from death and expiates every sin. Those who regularly give alms shall enjoy

a full life.

Note the giving of alms is a doctrine related to the sale of indulgences. What are

indulgences? Wylie tells us:

Christ suffered more than was required for the salvation of the elect; many of the

saints and martyrs likewise have performed more good works than were requisite

for their own salvation; and these, to which it is not uncommon to add the merits

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of the Virgin, have been all thrown into a common fund, which has been

entrusted to the keeping of the Church. Of this treasury the Pope keeps the key,

and whoever feels that his merits are not enough to carry him to heaven, has only

to apply at this ghostly depot, where he may buy, for a reasonable sum, whatever

he needs to supplement his deficiencies (The Papacy: History, Dogmas, Genius,And Prospects, Book 2, 333, 334).

For emphasis, what is the sale of indulgencies?

In this market, which Rome has opened for the sale of spiritual wares, money is

not less indispensable than it is in the emporiums of earthly and perishable

merchandise. The price varies, being regulated by the same laws which govern

the price of earthly commodities. To cover a crime of great magnitude, a larger

amount of merit is of course required, and for that it is but reasonable that a

larger sum should be given (The Papacy: History, Dogmas, Genius, AndProspects, Book 2, 334).

We should pray for the dead: 2 Maccabees 12:44 46 says:

For if he were not expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless

and foolish to pray for them in death. But if he did this with a view to the

splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest in godliness, it was a holy

and pious thought. Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be

freed from this sin.

We should make incantations: Tobit 6:7 9 says:

Afterward they traveled on together till they were near Media. The boy asked the

angel (Raphael) this question: Brother Azariah, what medical value is there in

the fishs heart, liver, and gall? He answered: As regards the fishs heart andliver, if you burn them so that smoke surrounds a man or a woman who is

afflicted by a demon or evil spirit, the affliction will leave him completely, and

no demons will ever return to him again. And as for the gall, if you rub it on theeyes of a man who has cataracts, blowing into his eyes right on the cataracts, his

sight will be restored.

The concept of purgatory:

Wylie tells us that the Papacy believes in Four Levels of the after life:

Papists have mapped out the other world into four grand divisions. The lowest

is hell, the region of the damned. There are the ever-burning fires; there areLutherans, and all other Protestant heretics; and, in fine, there are all who have

died beyond the pale of the Roman Catholic ChurchThe next region in order

is purgatoryImmediately above purgatory is limbus patrum, where the souls

of the saints who died before our Saviours time were confined, till released by

Him, and carried with Him to heaven at his ascensionThe last and remainingregion is limbus infantum. To this receptacle the souls of children dying

unbaptized are consigned; it being a settled point among the doctors of the

Romish Church, that such as die unbaptized are excluded from heaven (The

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Papacy: History, Dogmas, Genius, And Prospects, Book 2, 374).

Concerning purgatory itself, Wylie says:

It is filled with the same fires, and is the scene of the same torments, as the

region immediately beneath it, but with this important difference, that those

consigned to it remain here only for a while. It is the doctrine of the Church of

Rome, that no one enters heaven immediately on his departure. A short purgation

amid the fires of purgatory is indispensable in the case of all, unless perhaps of

those who are protected by a very special and most plenary indulgence (ThePapacy: History, Dogmas, Genius, And Prospects, Book 2, 347, 348).

In other words, Purgatory is one of four places that the souls of men go after death. Canwe find such doctrine in the canonical scriptures? No! It is likely that the Papal doctrine

of four grand divisions is an elaboration from the following source:

Ethiopic Enoch. 22:1 7 depicts a four level underworld for the spirit bodies of the dead:

And thence I went to another place, and he showed me in the west another great

and high mountain of hard rock. And there was in it four hollow places, deep

and wide and very smooth. How smooth are the hollow places and deep and dark

to look at. Then Raphael answered, one of the holy angels who was with me, and

said unto me: These hollow places have been created for this very purpose,

that the spirits of the souls of the dead should assemble therein, yea that all

the souls of the children of men should assemble here. And these places have

been made to receive them until the day of their judgment and till their appointed

period, till the great judgment comes upon them. I saw the spirits of thechildren of men who were dead, and their voice went to heaven and made

suit. Then I asked Raphael the angel who was with me, and I said unto him:

This spirit whose is it, whose voice goeth forth and maketh suit? And heanswered me saying: This is the spirit which went forth from Abel, whom his

brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him till his seed is destroyed

from the face of the earth and his seed is annihilated from amongst the seed ofmen (Cited in R. H. Charles, Apocrypha And Pseudepigrapha Of The Old

Testament, Vol. 2).

All these doctrines play a major part in the Papal worship. Because these doctrines cannot

be found from Genesis to Revelation, the Catholic Church sought to canonize the bookswith these doctrines; thus, the Papacy has a justification to continue those things, which

are not in harmony with God.

At the Council of Trent, The Latin Vulgate [was] put in the place of the inspired

Hebrew and Greek Scriptures as the only authentic word of God, from which alltranslations were therefore in future to be made, and to which all appeals were to be

ultimately referred (John Dowling, The History Of Romanism, Book 7, chap. 2, 486

emphasis mine).Not only was the Latin Vulgate elevated to unwarranted exaltation, theApocryphal writings were placed in this Bible. The Council of Trent declared:

Whoever shall not receive, as sacred and canonical, all those books and every

part of them, as they are commonly read in the Catholic Church, and are

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contained in the old Vulgate Latin edition, or shall knowingly and deliberately

despise the aforesaid traditions; LET HIM BE ACCURSED (John Dowling,

The History Of Romanism, Book 7, chap. 1, 485 emphasis mine).

Note: The following web sites are provided to read an analysis of the Bible:

The Latin Vulgate-only View - Article

MODERN VERSIONS AND ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS

William Tyndale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Council of Trent taught that the only Bible that is acceptable is the Latin Vulgatewith the intermingled Apocryphal books. The Papacy declared that if anyone does not

accept the Apocryphal books with the canonical books, they are ACCURSED. They even

went as far as to prohibit private judgment in the reading of Scripture:

In order to restrain petulant minds, the council further decrees, that in matters offaith and morals and whatever relates to the maintenance of Christian doctrine,

no one, confiding in his own judgment, shall dare to wrest the sacred Scriptures

to his own sense of them, contrary to that which hath been held and still is held

by holy mother church, whose right it is to judge of the true meaning andinterpretation of Sacred Writ; or contrary to the unanimous consent of the fathers;

even though such interpretations should never be published. If any disobey, let

him be denounced by the ordinaries, and PUNISHED ACCORDING TO LAW

(Dowling, The History Of Romanism: Book 7, Chap. 2, 488)

This Council was notin actualitystaged for the reformation of Papal dogmas, but

rather was a Council to justify all of the present falsehoods of the Papal system. The

Papal Council in reality was not concerned with reforming themselves, but rather was aCounter Reformation against Protestantism and the Bible that Protestants use. Froom

summarizes Trents objectives clearly:

Luthers propositions were condemned by the council. Tradition and Scripture

were ostensibly placed on a par, though by implication Scripture is made

subservient to tradition through insistence that it be understood only in the light

of the tradition of the church, specifically, the unanimous teaching of the

fathers. The Latin Vulgate was declared the one authentic version, with the

intermingled apocryphal books as canonical. The Scriptures were declared not

capable of being understood in and of themselves. Justification by Faith, as it

was proclaimed by Luther, was condemned; and no books of religion were to beprinted without examination and approval by the church (Prophetic Faith Of OurFathers, Vol. 2, 475).

According to the Council of Trent, no one is allowed to think for himself; thus, the Holy

Spirit has no right to mold individuals through the word of God. The Papacy insists that

all men be automatons to her perfidious teachings and power. In essence, this Councildeclared that all men be automatons to the papists understanding of the Scriptures

through the lenses of the APOCRYPHA and the UNWRITTEN TRADITIONS. What is

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the danger of the Council of Trent for us as Christians today? In this council herdoctrines became permanently fixed, and in its decrees all her anti-scriptural inventions

were embodied (Dowling, The History Of Romanism, Book 7, chap. 8, p. 540. Emphasismine). Froom tells us: The Council of Trentbeginning in 1545 under Paul III and

ending in 1563 under Pius IVcrystallized its actions into decrees that became the

permanent law of the Catholic Church (Prophetic Faith Of Our Fathers, Vol. 2, 471.Emphasis mine).

Questions: Who were the champions of the Council of Trent, the very Council that formsthe basis of Catholic belief today? Who were the champions for taking liberty of

conscience away from the world? With precision, Durant reveals who the champions of

Trent were:When at last the Church dared to call that general council to which all Europe

had so long looked for the quieting of its theological strife and the healing of its

religious wounds, it was to a handful of Jesuits to their learning, loyalty,discretion, resourcefulness, and eloquencethat the popes entrusted the defense

of their own challenged authority, and the undiminished preservation of their

ancient faith.

The unequaled erudition of the Jesuits soon gave them paramount influence in

the debates, and their unbending orthodoxy guided the Council to declare war

against Reformation ideas rather than seek conciliation or unity (The

Reformation, 916, 928. Emphasis mine).

The Jesuits were the strong-arm of the Council of Trent; they were the champions for the

abolition of liberty of conscience. The Jesuits were also the championsas we are going

to seeof much more. They are responsible for the largest massacres in Church history;they are responsible for subversive enterprise in governments; they are even responsible

for the blindness of many Protestants today. Any Bible believing Protestant should take

these facts seriously, for too many Protestants are in a deep sleep concerning theseissues.

(4, 5) THE INDEX AND THE PERSECUTIONS THAT FOLLOWED.

In 1559 Paul IV published the first papal Index auctorum et librorumprohibitorum. It named forty-eight heretical editions of the Bible, and put sixty-one

printers and publishers under the ban . . . . In Rome, Bologna, Naples, Milan, Florence,and Venice thousands of books were burned10,000 in Venice in a day (Durant, The

Reformation, 924). That the Council of Trent is the most destructive force to come

against liberty of conscience should be adequate enough to wake up Protestants, today, asto the real threat that hides in the background of Catholicism; especially, when we

consider the fact that the Council of Trent laid the foundation for what is considered

normal Catholic dogma today. Many Protestants today have either forgotten or havenever learned that the Protestants of the past, who loved the word of God, faced horrible

persecutions because of their love of the Scriptures; and who was the sword of Rome

against the Scriptures and the Protestants? The Jesuits were the sword! We learn from

Nicolini:The Jesuits reckon it among the glories of their order, that Loyola supported, by a

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special memorial to the Pope, a petition for the reorganizing of that abhorred

tribunal. . . . Through his (Caraffa) exertions, and those of Loyola, an edict

appeared on the 21st of July 1542, appointing six cardinals commissioners of the

Holy See and general inquisitors, with power to delegate their authority to any

person they pleased. All ranks of citizens, without exception, were subjected tothese inquisitors. Suspected persons were immediately imprisoned, the guilty

punished with death, and their property confiscated. No book could be printed orsold without the authority of the inquisitor.

This terrible tribunal, in the hands of the relentless and unforgiving Caraffa,

spread desolation and dismay throughout Italy . . . . .As sacerdotal ferocity then

called to its aid the might of the secular arm, and thus became allpowerful,

death assumed a new and more terrible aspect. And he who should invent

instruments of torture to dislocate the limbs of the victims with the most

exquisite and excruciating pains possible would be rewarded!!! Throughout Italy,

and in various parts of Europe, you might have seen, whilst the infernal flames of

the pile were ascending, the sinister and diabolical smile of the Jesuits, who were

aiming at the increase of their order, under the shade of this allmastering

power (History Of The Jesuits: Their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, And Designs,60, 61, 62).

Durant tells us that:when Caraffa himself became Paul IV, the institution was set in full motion, and

under his superhuman rigor, said Cardinal Seripando, the inquisition acquired

such a reputation that from no other judgment seat on earth were more

horrible and fearful sentences to be expected (The Reformation, 925.Emphasis mine).

Who was the strong arm of Caraffa? The Jesuits were his strong arm, and their work did

not end with Caraffa. The inquisition reached great heights under the work of the Jesuits.

The slaughter of St. Bartholomew was one ofif not theworst slaughters ofProtestants in history. Between fifty to seventy thousand Protestants were killed. Who

was behind this diabolical work? R. W. Thompson reveals:

There is no intelligent reader of French history who is not familiar with the steps

taken by this perfidious queen regent, Catherine de Medicis. After the

admission of the Jesuits into Paris, to bring about the terrible Massacre of

St. Bartholomewan event so closely allied with others, of which they were

the undoubted authors, that one must close his eyes not to see the evidence

which point to their agency in that infamous transaction. They needed such

bloody work to give them the mastery over France; although they have since then

been more than once expelled in disgrace from French soil, they have returnedagain and again to torment her people, who still continue to realize, under the

Republic, how unceasingly they labor for the entire overthrow of every form of

popular government (The Footprints Of The Jesuits, 113. Emphasis mine).

It is without question that the Counter Reformation was based on the destruction of

Protestantism. It is amazing to think that today churches pay very little attention to the

foundation of the ecumenical movement that binds Evangelicals and Catholics together.On what basis are they bound together; the Papacy has not changed her decrees since

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Trent. The Papacy, according to the doctrine of infallibility, declares that she has never

been in error nor will ever error. Wylie emphasizes:

The infallibility is the iron hoop around the Church of Rome. In every variety of

outward circumstances, and amid the most furious conflicts of discordant

opinions, that Church is and must ever be the same. Change or amendment she

can never know. She cannot repent, because she cannot err. Repentance and

amendment are for the fallible only (The Papacy: History, Dogmas, Genius, AndProspects, Book 1, 153).

What does this mean? This means that when the Papacy killed millions of Christians and

sought to take away liberty of conscience, she did not error in her own estimation. This

means that the Papacy can and will revive persecution when the time is right. Well doesthe Great Controversy, page 494, point out:

The papal church will never relinquish her claim to infallibility. All that she has

done in her persecution of those who reject her dogmas, she holds to be right; and

would she not repeat the same acts, should the opportunity be presented? Let therestraints now imposed by secular governments be removed, and Rome be re-

instated in her former power, and there would speedily be a revival of her tyranny

and persecution.

What is truly frightful is the fact that ecumenism supports our government in allowingmore Catholic and Jesuit influence to infiltrate the political structure. Do evangelicals

today actually believe with the vanity of fools that if the Papacy has control of America,

that evangelicals will still have their religious freedoms to read the Bible and to think

with liberty of conscience? As we are going to see in following chapters, evangelicals areworking with the Papacy for the overthrow of our liberties.

liberal institutions and civil and religious freedom have no greater enemies

than that cunning fraternity; while it is equally true, that although the Jesuits are

dreaded and detested knaves, there are few who are thoroughly acquainted with

their eventful history, and with all those arts by which the fathers have earned for

themselves a disgraceful celebrity

I cannot too much impress upon the minds of my readers that the Jesuits, by their

very calling, by the very essence of their institution,, are bound to seek, by every

means, right or wrong, the destruction of Protestantism. This is the condition of

their existence, the duty they must fulfill, or cease to be Jesuits. . .they must be

considered as the bitterest enemies of the Protestant faith (Nicolini, Of Rome,

History Of The Jesuits, Preface, III, IV, V).

The Structure Of The Jesuit Order

To gain more of a concrete understanding of the kind of threat the Jesuits posed,not only to Protestantism in the past, but to Protestantism today; we are going to elucidate

on the structure of the Jesuit orderthe very way this system operates.

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General

Provincial

Superiors

Individuals

Novices trained to enter triangle

Lady Queenborough demonstrates that the power of the Jesuits is in their structure. The

structure of the Jesuits represents an elaborate system of espionage. One man stands at

the top, the General; underneath the General is the Provincial; underneath the Provincialare the Superiors; underneath the Superiors are the Individuals. This Constitutes the

Jesuit triangle of power (See Occult Theocrasy, 308 311). Queenborough explains that

the Jesuits have an elaborate check and balance system:

The superiors and rectors of all houses and Colleges in Europe must reportweekly to their provincial on all matters concerning the members of the society

and all outsiders with whom they may have had dealings of any sort. The

Provincial, for his part, must report monthly to the general, giving him a

summary of all details which have reached himself. But, as a check on him, all

superiors of houses in his province are to make separate reports directly to the

general once in three months, and further to communicate with him.

Nor is the general himself exempt from control on the part of the society, lest by

any possible error he be unfaithful to its interests. A consultative council is

imposed on him by the general congregation, consisting of six persons, whom he

may neither select nor remove (Occult Theocrasy, 309, 310).

In essence, the four-fold ladder of the Jesuit triangle keeps the four groups fromindividually wondering off course from the objective of the Society as a whole. This

structure made the Jesuits very organized. There are other names for the Jesuit structure,

which indicate their functions. Nicolini demonstrates:

The members of the Society are divided into four classes, the Professed,

Coadjutors, Scholars, and Novices. There is also a secret fifth class, known

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only to the General and a few faithful Jesuits, which, perhaps more than any

other, contributes to the dreaded and mysterious power of the order. It is

composed of laymen of all ranks, from the minister to the humble shoe-boy

(History Of The Jesuits, 45).

The Novices are those who first enter the order. They are to go through two years of

rigorous training in which they learn discipline. They learn the spiritual exercises (theIlluminism) of Loyola and they have to give absolute obedience to their superiors. If the

Novices accomplish the two years of training, they go into the Triangle. The Novices then

go into scholastics(the individuals) where they are educated in different backgrounds ofknowledge. Then they proceed to the level of being Coadjutors, which consists of being

teachers and superiors of the religious houses. The fourth level is providential power

over the districts of the houses. These are the Proffessed, and they have the rank toreceive Holy Orders to go on missions under the supervision of the General. They must

be men of higher learning; they must have an additional four years of theology. Nicolini

says: This fourth class, the first in order of power and dignity, may said to constitute,alone, the society (History Of The Jesuits, 50). Durant says: The professed were usually

a small minoritysometimes hardly more than a tenthof the entire society (TheReformation, 913).

The most destructive work done by the Jesuits was accomplished by the Professed under

the Generals command. Queenborough reveals the power of the General:

The general has usually stood towards the Pope much as a powerful grand

feudatory of the Middle Ages did towards a weak titular lord paramount, or

perhaps as the captain of a splendid host of Free Companions did towards a

potentate with whom he chose to take temporary and precarious service; and the

shrewd Roman populace have long shown their recognition of this fact by styling

these two great personages severally the White Pope and the Black Pope. Intruth the society has never, from the very first, obeyed the Pope, whenever its

will and his happened to run counter to each other (Occult Theocrasy, Vol. 1,

311).

Cusack tells us:

In Roman Catholic circles it is well known that the Black Pope is the term used

for the General of the Jesuits. As the Pope is always robed in white, and the

General in black, the contrast is obvious. But those Romanists who do not

greatly love the Jesuits, and their number is not limited, use the term as indicating

that the Black Pope rules the White Pope (The Black Pope: A History Of The

Jesuits, 14).

The Society of Jesus went as far as to believe that their General was a God on earth. This

is an institution, which the Jesuits undoubtedly borrowed from the White Pope:

It is true that the Jesuits has his General to whom he gives the obedience of a

slave, but the Jesuit believes his General to be as God, so that if the dead voice ofGod, so to say, in Scripture, seems to conflict with the living voice of God which

comes through the General, the authority of the living voice must prevail (TheBlack Pope: A History Of The Jesuits, 120).

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No constitution, declaration, or any order of the livingnot even the law of

Godcan be set up against the general. He occupies the place of God, and must

be obeyed, howsoever the peace and welfare of the multitude may be imperiled,

or the nations be convulsed from center to circumference. The society of Jesuitsmust obtain the mastery, even if general anarchy shall prevail, or all the world

besides be covered with the fragments of a universal wreck! (The Footprints OfThe Jesuits, 59).

The Jesuit, Malachi Martin, agrees that the Jesuit General has great power even inmodern times:

By this early spring of 1981, for example, John Paul had already felt the effectfirsthand of the enormous power that had accursed over centuries to the Father

General of the Society of Jesus. So great is that power in Rome and in the world

at large, and so widely is it recognized, that whoever holds the office of Jesuit

General also holds the unofficial title of The Black Pope (The Jesuits, 80).

This quote from Martin should be an eye opener to the evangelical world, that Jesuitism

still operates and still has the same agendas for Protestantism as in Loyolas day.

Unfortunately, as we are going to see when we deal with Jesuit counter interpretations ofprophecy, the evangelical world has been subverted; they are in great spiritual darkness as

to the reality of Papal warfare. It is inconceivable to many Christiansespecially in

Americathat such powers have beenand areworking for the destruction of theirliberties. Well does the Great Controversy, page 494,emphasize:

The Constitution of the United States guarantees liberty of conscience. Nothing is

dearer or more fundamental. Pope Pius IX., in his Encyclical Letter of August 15,

1854, said: The absurd and erroneous doctrines or ravings in defense of liberty

of conscience, are a most pestilential errora pest, of all others, most to be

dreaded in a State. The same pope, in his Encyclical Letter of December 8,1864, anathematized those who assert the liberty of conscience and of religious

worship, also all such as maintain that the church may not employ force. The

pacific tone of Rome in the United States does not imply a change of heart . She

is tolerant where she is helpless, Says Bishop O'Connor: Religious liberty

is merely endured until the opposite can be carried into effect without peril

to the Catholic world.

Rome cannot defeat America militarily, so she has usedand is usingsubversive

elementsthe Jesuitsto infiltrate our government. This will ensure that she gains the

power over our liberties from within. Now, let us raise the question for emphasis: Whoputs into practice the very serious espionage of the Jesuit order? Queenborough further

explains the structure of the Jesuits: There are novices, scholastics, temporal, coadjutors,professed of the three vows, and professed of the four vows (Occult Theocrasy, 308).

Queenborough emphasizes: The fourth vow is one of special allegiance to the Pope promising to go in obedience to him for missionary purposes whensoever and

whithersoever he may order, a pledge seriously qualified in practice . . . (OccultTheocrasy, 309).Question: What is the extreme oath of the fourth vow of the Jesuits? Extreme Oath Of The Fourth Vow

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When a Jesuit of the minor rank is to be elevated to command, he is conducted into the

Chapel of the Covenant of the Order, where there are only three others present, the principle or

Superior standing in front of the alter. On either side stands a monk, one of whom holds a banner

of yellow and white, which are the Papal colors, and the other a black banner with a dagger and a

red cross above a skull and crossbones, with the word INRI, and bellow them the wordsIUSTUM, NECARE, REGES, IMPIOS. The meaning of which is: It is Just to exterminate or

annihilate impious or heretical Kings, Governments or Rulers. Upon the floor is a red crossupon which the postulant or candidate kneels. The Superior hands him a small black crucifix,

which he takes in his left hand and presses to his heart, and the Superior at the same time presents

to him a dagger, which he grasps by the blade and holds the point against his heart, the Superior

still holding it by the hilt, and thus addresses the postulant.

My son, heretofore you have been taught to act the dissembler: among Roman Catholics

to be a Roman Catholic, and to be a spy even among your own brethren; to believe no man, to

trust no man. Among the Reformers, to be a Reformer; among the Huguenots, to be a Huguenot;

among the Calvanists, to be a Calvinist; among the Protestants, generally to be a Protestant; and

obtaining their confidence to seek even to preach from their pulpits, and to denounce with all

vehemence in your nature our Holy Religion and the Pope; and even to descend so low as to

become a Jew among the Jews, that you might be enabled to gather together all information for

the benefit of your Order as a faithful soldier of the Pope.You have been taught to insidiously plant the seeds of jealousy and hatred between

communities, provinces and states that were at peace, and incite them to deeds of blood,

involving them in war with eachother, and to create revolution and civil wars in countries that

were independent and prosperous, cultivating the arts and the sciences and enjoying the blessingsof peace. To take sides with thee combatants and to act secretly in concert with your brother

Jesuit who might be engaged on the other side, but openly opposed to that which you might be

connected; only that the Church might be the gainer in the end, in the conditions fixed in the

treaties for peace and that the end justifies the means.

You have been taught your duty as a spy, to gather all statistics, facts and information in

your power from every source; to ingratiate yourself into the confidence of the family circle of

Protestants and heretics of every class and character, as well as that of the merchant, the banker,

the lawyer, among the schools and universities, in parliaments and legislatures, and in thee judiciaries and councils of state, and to be all things to all men, for the Popes sake, who

servants we are unto death.

You have received all your instructions heretofore as a novice, a neophyte, and have

served as a coadjutor, confessor and priest, but you have not yet been invested with all that is

necessary to command in the army of Loyola in the service of the Pope. You must serve the

proper time as the instrument and executioner as directed by your superiors; for none can

command here who has not consecrated his labors with the blood of the heretic; for without the

shedding of blood no man can be saved. Therefore, to fit yourself for your work and make your

own salvation sure, you will, in addition to your former oath of obedience to your Order and

allegiance to the Pope, repeat after me:I, _______, Now, in the presence of Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed

Michael the Archangel, blessed St. John the Baptist, the holy Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul andall the saints and sacred hosts of heaven, and to you, my ghostly father, the Superior General of

the Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, in the Pontificate of Paul the Third, and

continued to the present, do by the womb of the Virgin, the matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus

Christ, declare and swear, that his holiness the Pope is Christs Vice regent and is the true and

holy Head of the Catholic or Universal Church throughout the earth; and that by virtue of the

keys of binding and loosing, given to his Holiness by my Savior, Jesus Christ, he hath power to

depose heretical kings, princes, states, commonwealths and governments, all being illegal without

his sacred confirmation and that they might be destroyed. . . . .

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I furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage

relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Liberals, as I am directed to

do, to extirpate and exterminate them from the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare

neither age, sex or condition; and that I will hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle and bury alive

these infamous heretics, rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women and crush their infantsheads against the walls, in order to annihilate forever their execrable race. That when the same

cannot be done openly, I will secretly use the poisoned cup, the strangulating cord, the steel of theponiard or the leaden bullet, regardless of the honor, rank, dignity, or authority of the person or

persons, whatever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may be

directed so to do by any agent of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Faith, of

the Society of Jesus. (For a more complete example of this Oath, see the following web site:EIPS

- The Jesuit Oath Exposed).

After reading this oath, it is not difficult to understand why Nicolini says:

The main difficulty of my subject, as will be readily understood, lies in

discovering and delineating the true character of the Jesuits: for, take the Jesuit

for what he ought or appears to be, and you commit the greatest of blunders.

Draw the character after what the Jesuit seems to be in London, and you will notrecognize your portrait in the Jesuit of Rome. The Jesuit is the man of

circumstances. Despotic in Spain, constitutional in England, republican in

Paraguay, bigot in Rome, idolater in India, he shall assume and act out in his own

person, with admirable flexibility, all those different features by which men areusually to be distinguished from each other. He will accommodate the gay

woman of the world to the theatre, and will share in the excesses of the

debauchee. With solemn countenance, he will take his place by the side of the

religious man, at church, and he will revel in the tavern with the glutton and the

sot. He dresses in all garbs, speaks all languages, knows all customs, is present

everywhere though nowhere recognizedand all this, it should seem (O

monstrous blasphemy!), for the greater glory of Godad majorem Dei gloriam

(History Of The Jesuits, 2)

The Christian world in the days of Martin Luther, were introduced to the power of the

Papacy through the Jesuits, and they felt the wrath of the Papal lust for worlddomination in the inquisitions. The Jesuits and the Catholic Church have no love for

Protestantism. Today many Christians in the evangelical world need to awaken to the

reality that the five-fold aspect of the Counter Reformation has not changed. The Papacy

has no intention of allowing the worldespecially Protestantismto continue in a paththat differs from her control. Many Christians todayespecially those involved in

ecumenismthink that writings, such as this course, are odious in nature, and they think

that these topics are an attempt to be cruel to other religions. To those who believe those

things, we give the following quotation from The Great Controversy, pages 500501:

As the Protestant churches have been seeking the favor of the world, false

charity has blinded their eyes. They do not see but that it is right to believe good

of all evil; and as the inevitable result, they will finally believe evil of all good.

Instead of standing in defense of the faith once delivered to the saints, they arenow, as it were, apologizing to Rome for their uncharitable opinion of her,

begging pardon for their bigotry.

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A large class, even of those who look upon Romanism with no favor,

apprehend little danger from her power and influence. Many urge that the

intellectual and moral darkness prevailing during the Middle Ages favored the

spread of her dogmas, superstitions, and oppression, and that the greater

intelligence of modern times, the general diffusion of knowledge, and theincreasing liberality in matters of religion, forbid a revival of intolerance and

tyranny. The very thought that such a state of things will exist in this enlightenedage is ridiculed. It is true that great light, intellectual, moral, and religious, is

shining upon this generation. In the open pages of God's holy Word, light from

Heaven has been shed upon the world. But it should be remembered that the

greater the light bestowed, the greater the darkness of those who pervert or reject

it.

A prayerful study of the Bible would show Protestants the real character of the

papacy, and would cause them to abhor and to shun it; but many are so wise in

their own conceit that they feel no need of humbly seeking God that they may be

led into the truth. Although priding themselves on their enlightenment, they are

ignorant both of the Scriptures and of the power of God. They must have some

means of quieting their consciences; and they seek that which is least spiritual

and humiliating. What they desire is a method of forgetting God which shall passas a method of remembering him. The papacy is well adapted to meet the wants

of all these. It is prepared for two classes of mankind, embracing nearly the

whole world,--those who would be saved by their merits, and those who would

be saved in their sins. Here is the secret of its power.

Conclusions

There are many in Christendom that live in a state of mental lethargy, for they

have no desire to ascertain the real issues that involve every human being on this planet.The issue, which has been discussed in this chapter, is that the Counter Reformation

against the Bible, Protestants, and institutions that support liberty of conscience are in

great danger. The Papacy who sought to destroy Protestantism in the days of theProtestant Reformation is still at work, and those in Christendom who think that the

Papacy and her Jesuits do not wield much of the power in the world, live in a false dream

which they are soon going to awake from. Martin, acknowledges the Power of theCatholic Church and the Jesuits over the world in the present day:

As both papacy and Jesuits know, the effects of their policies go far beyond the

confines of the Roman Catholic; even far beyond the nearly one billion Catholic

men and women around the world. Almost everything that happens in this war

(conflict of interest between the Jesuits and the Roman Catholic Church) bearsdirectly and immediately on the major dissensions that wrack every nation and

people in the world. It is involved in the very heart of the rivalry between theUnited States and the Soviet Union, for example. It bears right now on the fate in

misery or happiness of 350 million people in Latin America. It affects the deeply

changing public moral and national consensus of the American people; the

imminent preponderance in human affairs of the Peoples Republic of China; the

fragile persistence of a free Western Europe; the security of Israel; the still

rickety promise of a viable Black Africa just aborning. All of these things,separate and unconnected as they may seem, are not only interwoven with

one another, but are and will be profoundly influenced by the tides and

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outcome of the global collision between the papacy and the Society of Jesus

(The Jesuits, 14 Emphasis mine).

We will close this chapter by stating that the Jesuit Order has and is working to

destroy Protestantism and all societies who maintain democratic liberties. They are

incendiaries of Popery to destroy that which contradicts the machine of Papaldomination. The Papacy ruled the world for centuries in the past, and she intends to rule

the world again. The Jesuits have been the Papacys greatest achievement in gaining

back the ground that Popery has lost to Protestantism and liberty. There are many inProtestantism, today, who are not heeding the warnings of their impending capture to

servitude. They choose to ignore the warnings given to mankind through the Protestant

Reformation. In the following chapter, we will see one of the main reasons why far too

many evangelicals are blinded to the reality of the Papal quest for world domination. Wehave analyzed four aspects of the Catholic Counter Reformation in this chapter. In

following chapters we are going to see the counter prophetic interpretations, namely,

Futurism, and how this system was developed by the Jesuits to subvert Protestantism.Futurism was developed to liquidate Protestantism into a stagnate systemperceiving no

danger from Rome; consequently, Protestants would be more amenable to Papal

subversions within the United States; thus, the Papacy could conquer the last and greatestchampion for liberty.

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Chemnitz, Martin. Translator, Fred Kramer. Examination Of The Council Of Trent (St.

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Charles, R. H. Apocrypha And Pseudepigrapha Of The Old Testament(Oxford: At TheClarendon Press, 1913), Vol. 2

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