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To: fwdude
The Jesuits are an academically rigorous order of priests - traditionally they have been missionaries, theologians and university professors.

A standard priest is ordained at 25 after receiving a masters in theology.

Jesuits are typically not ordained until they are 30 or older, and are encouraged to obtain a doctorate in both theology and a secular discipline.

During the 1960s and 1970s, their secular studies radicalized a large number of Jesuits and the order became known for its "progressivism" - the Superior General of the order from 1965-1983 was a liberation theologian who was openly disdainful of John Paul II. The current SG is not much better.

The last three SGs have effectively destroyed the order - their numbers are hollowed out.

74 posted on 03/13/2013 12:54:15 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

And there’s no Church discipline, why?


90 posted on 03/13/2013 12:59:56 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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