"When a Jesuit of the minor rank is to be elevated to command, he is conducted into the Chapel of the Convent of the Order, where there are only three others present, the principal or Superior standing in front of the altar. On either side stands a monk, one of whom holds a banner of yellow and white, which are the Papal colors, and the other a black banner with a dagger and red cross above a skull and crossbones, with the word INRI, and below them the words IUSTUM, NECAR, REGES, IMPIOUS. The meaning of which is: It is just to exterminate or annihilate impious or heretical Kings, Governments, or Rulers. Upon the floor is a red cross at which the postulant or candidate kneels. The Superior hands him a small black crucifix, which he takes in his left hand and presses to his heart, and the Superior at the same time presents to him a dagger, which he grasps by the blade and holds the point against his heart, the Superior still holding it by the hilt, and thus addresses the postulant:"...
http://www.reformation.org/oath.html
I know the Jesuits and all they do, but I take this article with a grain of salt.
ReplyDeleteI've noticed that Catholics like to bloviate in their oaths and chants, yet the stuff in this one is just a lot of convicting verbiage without the mantra of popish rhetoric.
(IMO, you understand.)
I've known too many "reformed" Christians to trust the website, in general, anyway. :)
O ye of little faith! (kidding)
ReplyDeleteSee, now I'm linking to an even more venomous group (crown loyalists)...
http://www.ianpaisley.org/article.asp?ArtKey=jesuit
It's supposed to be from the 1913 congressional record, but I am not aware of anywhere that can be read on the web.
Oh, never mind:
"from which it was subsequently torn out."
So you just have to believe, or not, lol.
Well, one way or the other, the oath would not be out of place IMO. The Church hierachy kills Jesus in spirit every day.
"Well, one way or the other, the oath would not be out of place IMO. The Church hierachy kills Jesus in spirit every day."
ReplyDeleteDoubt it not.