The Jesuits : history & legend of the Society of Jesus /
"Both John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were said in their turn to have been 'tools of the Jesuits,' but the most preposterous accusation that I have encountered was made by a certain Edmond Paris in his book THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE JESUITS, namely that MEIN KAMPF was written...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translation of: Die Jesuiten. |
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New York :
W. Morrow,
1984.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: | "Both John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were said in their turn to have been 'tools of the Jesuits,' but the most preposterous accusation that I have encountered was made by a certain Edmond Paris in his book THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE JESUITS, namely that MEIN KAMPF was written not by Adolf Hitler but by a Jesuit by the name of Stampfle. Mr Paris does at least make one thing very clear--that he himself never actually got around to reading Herr Hitler's impenetrable masterwork. But behind such lurid and ridiculous accusations as these lurks the more conventional image of the sinister scheming Jesuit that has been instantly conjured up by such phrases as 'faithful unto death,' fanatically loyal to the Pope, and most sinister of all, 'the end justifies the means.' How much truth is there, if any, to this 400 year old stereotype? Were the activities of the Jesuits a spur or a hindrance to spiritual awakening both within the Church and outside it? How much influence did the Order actually have on European political life? This book will try to provide the answers to these purely historical questions, and also to examine the situation of the Order in the world of today and its prospects for the future." -- From the Forward. |
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| Physical Description: | 324 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-315) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0688028616 9780688028619 |