CHAPTER SEVEN - Prophetic Toolchest

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PROPHETIC TOOL CHEST
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 connection
between 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 Buddist
origin” (The Black Pope: A History Of The Jesuits, 37). In other words, the Spanish
Illuminati’s belief system came from Buddist origins, and Loyola’s “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 Loyola’s ambitions would cause political
strife (See Durant, The Reformation, 907). In 1524 Loyola had returned to Barcelona, and
he 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, Nicolas
Bobadilla, 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 the
hierarchical 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 arms
of 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 in Prophetic 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 world—to bring all men into submission and subservience
to 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 of
Loyola’s order:
The Society of Jesus was thenceforth recognized as the chief opposing force of
Protestantism. 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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By D. S. Farris