Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-02
NUMBER III.
From the Christian Intelligencer.
The Jesuit,s Oath.

| monks, nuns, &c, take VOWS upon them on their
admission into their various orders is unquestioned.
nor is it denied by themselves being generally laid
! down IN their various books of ceremonias. But
there Is one of these divisions of the Romish army
which is now secretly marsbaing it's forces in our
midst whose tactics ID TO deny all the allegations
OF evil which may be brought against It, This is
the order OF Jesuits. They are the sappers and
miners OF the, Monarch of Rome, who is by his
various generals in the shape of archoishops, and
bishops and subaterns in the shape ofpriests, &C.,
Win ioreign emigrants as pryates, endeayoring by
| internal dissensons to do what could not be done
by all the forces of Europe--to destroy our re-.
ligons, and next our civil liberties
! Inc " American and Foreign Christian Union,
have recently published tract containing the oath
OF the Romish priest, the Jesuits Onth, and the
komlsh Curse. The oath has also been published
| oy messFs. Dewitt Davenport, in the True Amer.
i leans Manual, or Almanac, for 1855, and in many
OF the newspapers throughout the country This
oath the Jesuits have publicly denied In our own
State and elsewhere. Ii ia, therefore; INV inter.
tion briefly to examine the proofs Of the genuine
ness OF the document and the value which NAV be
attached to the denial of Jesuit
First, then, what reliance can be placed upon the
denial, by Jesuit, of form, or doctrine pur
porting 70 be taken from their own books? | will
hrst give extracts from their own authorized wrj-
ters on truth and morality; then the former esti
nation OF the Jesuts, as given by the public dc.
cree OF the Parliament Of France which expelled
them IN 1871 and, lastly one or two facts, show
ing the utter worthessncss of any public denial on
their part Of the alleged OATH
IN " Rules OF Conscience" in Charles's Propc.
sitions, III, IA, and 10, we may find Il thus: s'If
through nylncble error, you believe that God hath
commanded you to lie and blaspheme, then lie and
blaspheme;" with whom agree Cabrespine, lie
Moyne' ana ueorgelta. Dicastillo, in bis work on
Justice, and other cardinal virtues, Book 9. Tract
2, Disput @ Dub. 2, Mum. 4s, decides that thief,
10 venia sin, IT it was committed without delibe
| ration"
lie Moyne, in his first proposition, affirms: "a
Christian may deliberately discard his Christian
character, ana act as other men, in things which
are not properly Christian
Dicastillo de Justita, Lib Q Tract o D;snnt
| IL, Mum. 4o4, teaches TINT "calumny tbonoh
grounded on absolute falsities, is not n mortal : n
against either justice or charity. !"
Lessius, De just, Lib. q Cap. ~, Dub. II says.
Inc. Inc rope can annul and cancel every possible
obligation arising from an OATH
| Sauchez, in his Oper. Moral, Part Rook .
emp. Q, thus determines " A man may swear thar
ne hath not done thing--though he hath--by
understanding TO himself any particular day or
before no was born and that Is frequently of great
convenience, and is always justiiabIc when il is
necessary or advantageous to health honor or cs-
tate" This same pernicous doctrine Is sustained
by filutius in his Tract 20, chap III sThe H.
tention says that Jesuit, regulates the quality sf
the action; and, therefore, man lies not. tbouph
he say, | swear that / have not done such n
thing; if he adds, in whisper 10 himself this
day. or IL he pronounces aloud, Il swear and
then mentally inserts, say and afterwards pro.
ceeds aloud, that have not done such a thing
According to this soul-damning doctrine, persona
may secretly speak the truth, but openly swear ia
talsehoods, without criminality.
i Many more extracts Of similar import NAV b.,
found in the works of their most celebrated au.
thors. Indeed, it would not be proper to put in
English their views on questions of cas,listry ami
morality. Escobar, Sauchez Slmond, Hurtado
Vasquez, Mascerreunas Caramuel, LIE Moyne Bau
! ny, La Croix, Trachala, Castro Paola, Cardenae.
Paberna, Gordonus, HenHquez Airault, Marie. Gu.
menus Molina, Fegeli, Gobat, Busenbaum, Diana,
Navarrus, Arragona, Bannez Egidius, Mariana
and many other Jesuit writer's, have discussed
most moral, | should rather say, immoral aner.
TONS in such way as to make the heart bleed 70
think TO what pitch Of moral turptude man can
| descend.
Now if II should be denied by them that these
are authorized expounders Of the doctrines Of
Jesuitism, would refer to "PascaTs Provincial
Letters" NO. ., where you find it thus "There is
an express order that nothing shall be printed
without the appreciation Of their superiors;" ana
No. ., where some Of the foregoing extracts NAV
be found. Why are not the Jesuit writer's of tho
seventeeth century good authority for their doc.
/ trines as those OF the nineteenth Besides which
IS said in the Institutes Of the Society Of Jesus
by authority OF the Congregation :" That they are
but one In design, action and VOWS, MS If thew
we're united by conjugal bond" Consequently
the great writer's of the order must be of higher
authority than the private members
In l76l, the French government determined IA
bauish the Jesuiis, as dangerous to the peace and
safety Of France. The decree says, after other
matters had been mentioned, that the doctrines Il
/ the Jesuits are doctrines which, In their consp.
quences. destroy the law Of nature, that rule or
morals which God himself has inscribed upon tho
/ heart Of man. Their dognas also break all the
bonds OF civil society by authorizing theft false.
hood, perjury, the most inordinate and criminal
impurity, and generally all passions and wicked.
ness by teaching the nefarious principles of Sc,
cret compensation, equivocatlon, mental reserya-
lion, Probabism, and philosophical sins by extir.
pating every sentiment Of humanity among man.
kind In their sanction OF homicide and particide
by subverting the authority Of governments and
the principles Of sibordination and obedience by
inculcating rePcide among faithful subjects; and,
in fine by subverting the foundations and practice
OF religion, and substituting all sorts of supersti,
tons with magic basphomy irreligon and idola,
| try.
Such was the opinion Of the Parliament OF Franco.
as found In the decree Of 9th March, 1902 And
so hoinous were their crimcs No enormous the tur.
pitude Of their doctrines and practices that they
we're partially, or generally, expelled from the dif.
| to the abolition Of the order in 1873.
With regard TO their denial of the oath attribu.
ted TO them as above, il would of course be useless
| to expect that they would acknowledge a thing so
detrimental to their interests in this country They
have a dispcnsation 70 deny everything that Il
charged upon them. The "Secreta Monitap of tho
Jcsuits which tells OF their nefarious arts is eY.
pressly denied by them, 70 be true work emanatinr
from their Society. This book shows how thew
may violate every tie Of honor and truth, and ac.
| compliSh every possible deceit and fraud. II was
first discovered at the suppression Of the Jesuit
College at Paderborn in Wcstphalia, in the seven.
teenth century, and bears every mark Of its origin
in the hearts OF men connected with the order
described in the extracts from the decree above
given. The late Padre Bourne, Of the Reformed
Protestant Dutch Church, published the fret edi.
ton in this couatry, in 1881, in order to arouse
the attention Of American Protestants 10 the
chnations Of that order.
With regard to that book, their instructions
TO deny it, if ever it should fall into the hands Of
II