"Our three, no, four weapons are: Poverty, Chastity, Obedience to God, and Obedience to the Pope."
“storm troopers”?
Man I hate the media.
I have the Fondest hope that one of his first moves is to go to Georgetown University and straighten up that mess.
So... the Crusades are going to make a comeback?
My wife, a Lutheran, was in tears when I got home. She had seen the uplifted faces of hope in the crowd and, as she put it, “He didn’t say ‘Death to the Infidels’, not once”
The Jesuits' first focus was the conversion of Muslims,They shouldn't have quit until they were done.then halting the spread of Protestantism.
"Our three, no, four weapons are: Poverty, Chastity, Obedience to God, and Obedience to the Pope."
According to Business Insider:
“What His Election Would Mean: Social Justice moves to the front of the Church’s concerns. He’d also carry out a humble papacy. Say goodbye to Benedict’s ostentation in papal clothing.”
If true, just more socialism from the hallowed halls of the Vatican, we don’t need it. I hope BI is incorrect.
Jerry ‘Moonbeam’ Brown is a Jesuit.
God’s Marines.
I like the sound of that.
OOORAH, I hope he is the Jesuit version of Chesty Puller. Or at least R. Lee Ermey.
Give that Pope dude a Ma Deuce and turn ‘em loose on the rats.
Totally anecdotal and coming from a former Episcopalian (left due to liberalism), not a big fan of Catholicism, married to a Catholic.
My wife, in-law’s, and I attended her Church one Sunday when a visiting Jesuit was filling in for the resident (uninspiring) Priest. His service and Homily was the most incredible I’ve experienced including my old Episcopalian Priest that I loved (prior to the liberal takeover). After the service I walked up to him and said, “I’m not a Catholic but here with my wife. If every Catholic Priest could preach like you just did, I’d convert instantly.” He asked my name, thanked me, and gave me a blessing. That guy could convince me to walk barefoot over broken glass happily. If the new Pope is a tenth of that Jesuit, the world is better for it.
Those worked out well... </SARCASM>
“In Latin America, Jesuits have had significant influence in the development of liberation theology, which has been controversial with Catholic theologians.”
Controversial? It’s godless Marxism wrapped up in a Christian sounding veneer. Its what Jeremiah Wright espouses @ Trinity. Its Obama’s version of ‘Christianity’.
http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/ratzinger/liberationtheol.htm
“...Jesuits are labelled “God’s Marines”..”
I’m liking it....
Jesuits are distinguished by their depth of intellectual preparation. They led the defense of Catholicism against Protestantism on the basis of rational arguments, as opposed to just dogmatically asserting authority.
They were successful in many ways, in some cases incredibly successful (one Jesuit founded over 600 educational institutions). At one time it was said that behind every monarch in Eurpoe, was a Jesuit whispering in their ear.
The training of a Jesuit, called their “formation” is the longest of any Catholic religious order, despite having been shortened in this generation. They spend a long time with formal education, developing secular expertise, and engaging in their unique “Spiritual Exercises” of introspection and analysis, which are designed to produce a clear understanding and rock-solid foundation of certainty in the tenets of the faith. Many times, their conviction itself was famously influential. Several famous martyrs in bringing Christianity to the New World and China were Jesuits.
From their solid foundation, Jesuits are prepared to meet people of any background and make the case for Catholicism from any frame of reference. They are famous for their ability to make clever argument or being able to resolve conflicts with artful interpretations.
Pope John Paul II was fundamentally opposed to Communism, and opposed to the Marxist subversion of religion under the doctrine of Liberation Theology. The new Pope is among those that he made into Cardinals, while he was consciously shaping the future of the Church by grooming and promoting talent that could lead in defense of traditional ideals (Benedict was even more active in packing the college of cardinals).
Pope Francis was definitely not on good terms with the lefties in his religious order, or in the Government of the country where he lived - lots of head knocking. So I am hopeful that he can bring some Jesuit-style ideological jui jitsu to get some old line liberal clergy flying right (running charities instead of political organizations), and get in some efficient management to clean up the headquarters. Time will tell.