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A Jesuit conspiracy refers to a conspiracy theory about the priests of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit) of the Roman Catholic Church and the Vatican. == History == The earliest recorded Jesuit conspiracy theories are found in the Monita secreta, an early 17th-century document that alleged that the Jesuits were trying to gain wealth in illicit ways. The Protestant Reformation, and especially the English Reformation, brought new suspicions against the Jesuits, who were accused of infiltrating political realms and non-Catholic churches. In England, it was forbidden to belong to the Jesuits, under grave penalties, including the death penalty. A 1689 work, ''Foxes and Firebrands'' by Robert Ware (later exposed as a forger), claimed Jesuits took a secret oath that stated I do further promise and declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage relentless war, secretly and openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Masons, as I am directed to do, to extirpate them from the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex nor condition, and that will hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle, and bury alive these infamous heretics; rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women, and crush their infants' heads against the walls in order to annihilate their execrable race. That when the same cannot be done openly I will secretly use the poisonous cup, the strangulation cord, the steel of the poniard, or the leaden bullet, regardless of the honour, rank, dignity or authority of the persons, whatever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agents of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Father of the Society of Jesus. In confirmation of which I hereby dedicate my life, soul, and all corporal powers, and with the dagger which I now receive I will subscribe my name written in my blood in testimony thereof; and should I prove false, or weaken in my determination, may my brethren and fellow soldiers of the militia of the Pope cut off my hands and feet and my throat from ear to ear, my belly be opened and sulphur burned therein with all the punishment that can be inflicted upon me on earth, and my soul shall be tortured by demons in eternal hell forever.〔(CSICOP on Jesuit conspiracies )〕 Jesuitism is the term their opponents coined for the practices of the Jesuits in the service of the Counter-Reformation.〔(Webster's: Jesuitism )〕 In China and Japan, Jesuits were accused by several emperors of playing imperial and tribal politics, and their involvement in the Chinese Rites controversy ultimately obliged the Society to reduce its activities in the Far East. Other conspiracy theories and criticisms relate to the role of the Jesuits in the colonization of the New World, and to their involvement with indigenous peoples, alleging that the Jesuits, through their settlements (reductions), may willingly have contributed to the assimilation of indigenous nations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jesuit conspiracy theories」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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