Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-11-24
From the Boston Recorlcrl
POPERY AND JESUITISM.

CI hND
1t IS matter of astonishment that no more
is said, and no more prayers are offered in our
church meetings, and especially in our Mission
airy Concerts, in behalf of the Catholic world
that portion Of tie world which comprises 100, -
100000 of the human family, and containing
those nations which possess elements of charac.
ter, which under favorable circumstances, en-
sure greatness.
lhis Is the most interesting and the most
legitimate field of Protestant effort. If we look
over the history of the civilized world for the
past sixteen centuries we shall find that a large
portion is filled with the dongs, and affected
with the influence of that remarkable organiza-
ton whose capital is Rome In the language
of great writer: "rhe policy of the Church
of Rome is the very master piece of human
wisdom" How is she to be conqured? What
are the means to be used to bring about the fulfil
ment of prophecies which we believe to be di-
rected against her? These are questions that
the Protestant churches should now ask with
some show of earnestnoss.
The Romsh church has passed through many
n crises, and another seems now to be upon her
But she has safely outrode more dangerous
storms than the present, and no one can fail to
observe the policy which sne ADOPTS when any
serious evil threatens her When she crushed
out the Albigcnsan heresy although effected by
the aid of political power, yet she saw the ne
cessity of reforming some of the abuses which
had dsgusted the refined, and raised doubts in
the minds of the more conscientious. When
the great Reformation broke out, and the peo.
pie of Northern and Central Europe were aban-
doning the corrupt Church, Rome produced a
retormer, whose zeal, heated by a close study of
the lives OF the saints, was equal to that of the
most devoted of the Protestant rciormers. The
old Church began to show new life under the
quickening influence of the spirit of Lovoa,
the founder of the Jesuits. From the time that
Paul H., in 1910, established it by a bull, to
the present Jesuitism, with a few remarkable
exceptions, has been the leading spirit of the
Papacy. The conqueSts which Rome boasts
have been made chiefly through this agency.
Without it the vast plans which are conceived
at the Vatican never could be executed, and
when the principles which govern the members
Of this Society are generally known and under
stood, Rome is conqured, and the Popery has
received its death blow.
Although the Jesuits have been expelled at
different times from France, Spain, Portugal.
Malta, Parma from Rome itself, vet, to-day
their influence is not less strong and their pow
er but little less potent than when Gregory
lavished thousands upon the order when Faith
er Cotton confessed Henry w., or when Cardi-
dial Pimenes directed the affairs of Spain
Charles Ill, after having issued the order for
their expulsion from Spain in 1867, declared
"that if he had any feeling of regret, it was for
having been too lenent to SO dangerous body"
In his bill for the suppression of the order in
l773, the 'virtuoua Ganganelli' charged them
with sedltions, intrigues, quarrels amongst
themselves and with the lower clergy, disloyal-
ties, opposition to constituted authorities
who could condemn them with better knowl-
edge of their character, than the Pope TO whom
they were bound by vows of absolute obedience.
There is a remarkable passage in Hume for
which we thank him. If he has not treated the
Christian religion with fairness and justice, he
has at least given us true character of the
Jesuits. He says that "the restless and enter
prising spirit of the Catholic Church, and par
ticularly of the JeSuits, is in some degree dan
gerous to every other communion. Such zeal
of proselytism actuated that sect, that its mis-
sionaries have penetrated into every section of
the globe, and in one sense there is PopiSh
plot perpetuay carrying on against all States,
Protestant. Pagan and Mahommedan"
The Catholic historian, DIR. Lingard, in his
history Of Elizebath's reign, tells us that "the
Jesuits had made holy league to run every dam
ger and suffer every kind of torment, and shed
their blood, if necessary for the restoration and
propagation Of the Catholic religion" in Eng
land. They were accused by the Venetian Sem
cNCl Dclulc ucaln ol VI lllc lnOSt
licentious conduct, and in 1G06 were banished.
Being re admitted after the lapse of more than
fifty years, they were ordered by decree of
the Senate to furnish list of their country,
employments and names. Considerable excite
ment prevailed, and cries of persecution were
raised, because some action, similar to that of
the Venetian Senate it was apprehended, would
be taken by the Massachusetts, Legislature a few
years since.
Here is the complaint of the Catholic nobili-
ty of Westeravia to Pope Urban WILL. "Wc
see, not without great astonishment, that the
fathers of the Society of Jesuits, by their in
luence and Aattery with sovereign princes, wish
to seize on abbeys, endowments and monas-
teries."
Melchio Cano, celebrated Spanish Domini-
can, predicted in 1870 that "if the members OF
the Society continue as they have begun, God
grant that the lime may not come when kings
will wish to resist them, and will find no means
Of doing So"
1t has not been the object of this article to
enter into an elaborate argument to prove the
dangerous character of "the s. cety," but sim
ply to bring before the reader few extracts
from the writings of Catholics themselves. OF