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112 Vatican AssassinsChapter 3The Jesuits – 1568 - 1648Invasion of the NetherlandsAssassination of William I of Orange“Secular powers of all ranks and degrees are to be warned, induced, and,if necessary, compelled by ecclesiastical censure, to swear that they willexert themselves to the utmost in the defense of the faith, and extirpateall heretics denounced by the church, who shall be found in theirterritories.” {1} Pope Innocent III, 1215Antichrist of the Dark AgesFourth Lateran Council“ . . . the chief aim of all our efforts ought to be to procure theconfidence and favour of princes and men in places of distinction, to theend that no one might dare to offer opposition to us, but, on the contrary,that all should be subject to us.” {2} Ignatius Loyola, 1545Founder, 1 st Jesuit General, 1540-1556Secret Instructions of the Jesuits“ . . . William the Taciturn [the Silent] was shot dead by another Jesuitmurderer, called Girard [Gerard], for having broken the yoke [theTemporal Power] of the Pope. The Church of Rome is absolutely thesame to-day as she was then; she does believe and teach to-day, as then,that she has the right and that it is her duty to punish by death anyheretic who is in her way as an obstacle to her designs.” {3}Charles Chiniquy, 1886French-Canadian Ex-Priest Oneof our heroes Fifty Years in theChurch of RomeThe Jesuits – 1568 - 1648