It funny that you mention wanting more teaching from the Word, because I was just having a discussion with someone about that the other day. They said that when their mom was "saved" having grown up Catholic they decided that they want to attened the Baptist church hoping for some more scripture based study. It is sad however that they did not want to hurt anyone because that is what got us in this mess in the first place.

Shalom All,

As a previously regular attendee of a congregation ministered by the Jesuits, I had the opportunity to ask some very pertinent questions during the mid-1980s. I had assumed that the elders in the church had asked and received satisfactory answers to the very questions that I was going to ask, but I had also learnt that one should not assume anything, especially in search of Truth.

So when I approached the priest and asked him a few questions, such as, "Why are Catholics told to abstain from meat on Fridays if Scripture does not even mention it?" and "Why do Catholics observe Sunday when Scripture says to observe the Sabbath?", the answers I received were, to say the least, far from satisfactory. I was not really surprised as I had done some research myself before asking those questions and I had expected the lame unconvincing answers that purportedly showed the importance of the Catholic church's traditions to expound Scripture, when actually, there was none.

Later I learnt that the priest whom I enquired with got into trouble with his superiors and bore the brunt of a scandal that eventually led to his resignation and early demise. He was unable to buck the system and paid the ultimate price, so to speak.

Jesuits are a very powerful order and include some of the most learned men on earth in law, physics, astronomy, chemistry, information technology and other arts and sciences. Their very devotion to God as taught by the Catholic Church has made them singular in their quest to spread Catholicism even as it allows them to excel at their individual subjects. It's like being given a lifetime scholarship provided you toe the line, and these men relish the fact that almost everything can be explained through earthly knowledge.

That's why Jesuits struck out after the Inquisition to spread their faith into the New World and the Far East in the 16th century, and now in the New World Order they are also at the forefront of bringing forth an ecumenism that will place their order at the head of the class.

Dominicans, Franciscans, Redemptorists, etc. shudder at being led by Jesuits as they all know that the Jesuits will pursue their goals at almost any expense, much like the Knights Templar. The presence of the Black Pope at the side of the Pope is a statement that underscores their influence, but the men in red do know a few tricks themselves to tame the Jesuits, who have many skeletons in their closets.