This is me, Eccles

This is me, Eccles
This is me, Eccles

Saturday 3 June 2017

Are the Jesuits purely symbolic?

Following a load of heretical claptrap this week from someone with the implausible title of Jesuit Superior General, this blog is concerned with the burning question of the week: do the Jesuits really exist or are they merely symbols of evil?

David Jason

I am the very model of a modern Jessie General:
I teach the ancient heresies and make sure they're perennial.

It is hard to believe in the reality of any Catholic priest expressing the view that the Devil doesn't exist (the Anglicans have seen similar opinions from the official Comedy Vicar, Giles Fraser of the BBC and Guardian, but he has long been recognised as a mythical figure). Likewise, this General Sosa character was also supposed to have said that one could not rely on the Bible for Jesus's words, as He didn't have a tape-recorder handy. Comedy gold, but not exactly spiritual nourishment.

At last the 1948 show

Theologians attempt to analyse the recorded words of Arturo Sosa.

It is true that there was once a real Jesuit society, founded by St Ignatius of Loyola, which had many very virtuous and holy members. However, it is believed to have died out some time in the 20th century. So, just as "Druid" has become a term referring to a weirdo who likes to cavort around Stonehenge at the Solstice wearing silly clothes, "Goth" is someone who wears black clothes and wouldn't know how to build a cathedral if his life depended on it, and a modern "Vandal" owes little allegiance to Wisimar or Godogisel, you can be sure that anybody with "SJ" after his name is only in it for the laughs.

So what do Jesuits symbolize? Can it be the seven deadly sins?

James Martin

Fr James Martin SJ - plays Lust in the Jesuit pantomime.

The "official" seven deadly sins are (in order of popularity) lust, gluttony, sloth, greed, wrath, envy and pride. Actually, I tell a lie, they're all pretty popular, and some aren't even recognised as sins. Also, the biggest sins of which Jesuits are symbolic - teaching false doctrine and general thick-headedness - don't seem to have made it into the Premier League of 7. Still, there are some Jesuits who definitely do seem to be there purely to symbolize one particular vice.

Antonio Spadaro

Fr Antonio Spadaro SJ - plays Wrath in the Jesuit pantomime.

No, it can't be the seven deadly sins (I can't think of a slothful Jesuit, or even a particularly gluttonous one). But, once you have realised that the Jesuits are not real people, it does raise lots of questions. And of course Pope Francis is also a Jesuit, and beyond criticism: so, even if he is mythical, he must symbolize something.

Pope and clowns

Pope Francis SJ (right) - symbolises clear and unambiguous teaching, a willingness to answer questions on doctrine, the maintenance of the dignity of the papal office, a respect for tradition, and a refusal to judge, condemn or insult other Catholics.

6 comments:

  1. Even Francis is the same. He is misleading the faithful laity. A a wolf in lamb's clothing. Heretic truely.

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  2. People who watch or listen to EWTN (still mostly in the USA I gather) get a favorable picture of Jesuits due to Mitch Pacwa, SJ and Robert Spitzer, SJ.

    Fr. Richard Ho Lung quit the Jesuits. Worked out well for him.

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  3. I recognize the picture above. It's from the Vatican's new TV show, "Francis' Flying Circus", however Francis has been misidentified. He's on the left...and SJ means exactly what we see there - Society of Jokers.

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  4. Hell also symbolic? Jesuit Bergoglio says of "lost souls" - ‘There is no punishment, but the annihilation of that soul. All the others will participate in the beatitude of living in the presence of the Father. The souls that are annihilated will not take part in that banquet; with the death of the body their journey is finished.’
    -La Repubblica, 03/15/2015
    FULL CHRONOLOGY OF QUOTES/HEADLINES
    https://thewildvoice.org/pope-francis-chronology-perspective/

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    1. So what if the Novus Ordo teaches preaches & professes heresy and blasphemy?
      There is a novus ordo church in New Jersey that practices the Pre-55 Missal & Calendar!!
      Woo-Hoo!
      -Andrew

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  5. I put a symbolic envelop in the collection basket today.

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