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The Secret History of the Jesuits

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Secrets the Jesuits don't want Christians to know

Out of Europe, a voice is heard from the secular world that documents historically the same information told by ex-priests. The author exposes the Vatican's involvement in world politics, intrigues, and the fomenting of wars throughout history. It appears, beyond any doubt, that the Roman Catholic institution is not a Christian church and never was. The poor Roman Catholic people have been betrayed by her and are facing spiritual disaster. Paris shows that Rome is responsible for the two great world wars.

Author Edmond Paris explains why he wrote this book...

"The public is practically unaware of the overwhelming responsibility carried by the Vatican and its Jesuits in the start of the two world wars -- a situation which may be explained in part by the gigantic finances at the disposition of the Vatican and its Jesuits, giving them power in so many spheres, especially since the last conflict."

"In fact, the part they took in those tragic events has hardly been mentioned until the present time, except by apologists eager to disguise it. It is with the aim of rectifying this and establishing the true facts that we present in this and other books the political activity of the Vatican during the contemporary -- activity which mutually concerns the Jesuits."

"This study is based on irrefutable archive documents, publications from well-known political personalities, diplomats, ambassadors and eminent writers, most of whom are Catholics, even attested by the imprimatur."

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First published August 1, 1983

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46 reviews1 follower
January 16, 2014
This book is a difficult read because it just is not written well; however, the content/knowledge is priceless. Opens up a completely different view of the papacy, in keeping with its tyrannical past, and paints a picture of how dangerous the Vatican and the Jesuits are to humanity, together with the other conspiring secret societies with their one-world/religion agenda. We're close to this humanity-destroying idea.
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81 reviews29 followers
April 15, 2018
There are many revelations in this well researched and documented book. It started with the enigmatic personality of Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, as a missionary himself with that Jesuit Society working for the Pope. Step by step we are witnessing the determination with which the Pope and his Jesuits missionaries set forth to want to rule the world and to extinguish other Christian branches such as Orthodox Christianity. All these with the help of a military force, that was made possible with the aim of the Nazis. Many secret documents relate that the traitors had been chosen a long time before. Men like Luchaire, Bucard, Deat, Doriot... and Abel Bonnard (of the French Academy). (This particular one fled to Spain at the Liberation. He came back to France on the 1st of July 1958, gave himself up, but was immediately released on a temporary basis by the president of the High-Court of Justice!) The extremely well documented book of M. Andre Guerber gives details of payments allocated to these traitors by the German SR. This money was well and truly earned, for their work was very effective. Besides, the atmosphere had been prepared for a long time, now. To "regenerate" the land according to the wishes of the Catholic Action, a whole brood of apprentice-dictators, on the model of Leon Degrelle, had hatched, men like Deat, Bucard, Doriot who was — according to M. Andre Guerber — "agent No. 56 BK of the German Secret Service". Of all this motley band he was also the one best thought of by the archbishopric and those well-disposed towards them... and, of course, by Hitler who, later on at Sigmaringen, gave him full power.

Since I mentioned Hitler, let’s quote some of his words: “I learned much from the Order of the Jesuits", said Hitler... "Until now, there has never been anything more grandiose, on the earth, than the hierarchical organisation of the Catholic Church. I transferred much of this organisation into my own party... I am going to let you in on a secret... I am founding an Order... In my "Burgs" of the Order, we will raise up a youth which will make the world tremble... Hitler then stopped, saying that he couldn't say any more..”

Another highly placed hitlerian, Walter Schellenberg, former chief of the German counter-espionage, completed this confidence from the Fuhrer, after the war: “The S.S. organisation had been constituted, by Himmler, according to the principles of the Jesuits' Order. Their regulations and the Spiritual Exercises prescribed by Ignatius of Loyola were the model Himmler tried to copy exactly... The ‘Reichsfuhrer SS’ — Himmler's title as supreme chief of the SS — was to be the equivalent of the Jesuits' ‘General’ and the whole structure of the direction was a close imitation of the Catholic Church's hierarchical order. A medieval castle, near Paderborn in Westphalia, and called ‘Webelsbourg’, was restored; it became what could be called a SS monastery.”

The depth of corruption was so extended among these dark circles, as other quotations can clearly show of the nature of those diabolical minds and their hidden intentions. The ‘great theologian’ Michaele Schmaus had many rivals, according to a German author who sees in the "Katolisch-Konservatives Erbgut" the strangest book ever published by the German Catholic Publications:

“This anthology which brings together texts from the main Catholic theorists of Germany, from Gorres to Vogelsang, makes us believe that national-socialism was born out of Catholic ideas”. (Gunter Buxbaum- "Les Catholiques en Europe centrale" ["Mercure de France", 15th of January 1939]). When writing this, the author certainly didn't realize he was describing it so perfectly.

Another well informed person, the mainspring of the pact between the Holy See and Berlin and the pope's secret chamberlain, Franz von Papen, was even more explicit: “The Third Reich is the first world power which not only acknowledges but also puts into practice the high principles of the papacy”. (Robert d'Harcourt of the French Academy: "Franz von Papen, l'homme a tout faire" L'Aube, 3rd of October 1946).

To this, let’s remind ourselves the result of this "putting into practice": 25 million victims of the concentration camps — the official figure issued by the United Nations Organisation… And of course the story goes on with the modern day Nazism, the secretive role of Vatican and the propaganda on the world table of chess. With a big difference though, this isn’t a game of chess, we are talking about the lives of human beings...
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59 reviews1 follower
June 16, 2020
Li a edição em português.
Apesar do tema extremamente interessante, eu tenho impressão que o autor se perde no seu próprio ódio contra a igreja, criando um forte viés que se sente em toda narrativa.
Ele faz citações sem fim e muitas vezes nem menciona quem disse tal frase. Expressões como claramente, evidentemente, naturalmente são usadas às dúzias, mas a narrativa nunca é de fato clara ou evidente.
Pessoalmente, eu estou muito longe de ser um religioso, mas lamento que esse livro seja uma oportunidade perdida de se fazer uma crítica séria à Igreja Católica.
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593 reviews2 followers
October 6, 2017
This is a history of the Jesuits and their involvement in world affairs and politics and in their role as the army of the pope.
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8 reviews1 follower
August 10, 2020
Five stars for the history and information conveyed, minus two stars for the myriad grammatical and punctuation errors that made it a chore to read.
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November 2, 2021
Un scriitor din secolul trecut, Adolphe Michel, îşi aminteşte că Voltaire a estimat numărul de lucrări publicate despre iezuiţi, la aproape şase mii. „La ce număr am ajuns un secol mai târziu?”, se întreabă Adolphe Michel, concluzionând imediat: „N-are importanţă. Atât timp cât vor exista iezuiţi, vor fi scrise cărţi împotriva lor. Nu este nimic nou care să fie scris despre ei, dar apar noi generaţii de cititori în fiecare zi… Vor cerceta aceşti cititori vechile cărţi?”
Motivul care a fost menţionat ulterior ar fi suficient ca să justifice reluarea acestui subiect. De fapt, majoritatea cărţilor care refac istoria iezuiţilor nu mai pot fi găsite… Numai în bibliotecile publice mai pot fi consultate, ceea ce le face inabordabile pentru mulţi oameni.
Pe de altă parte, aşa cum apar noi generaţii de cititori, apar şi noi generaţii de iezuiţi. Fiii lui Loyola sunt astăzi ― şi putem spune mai mult ca niciodată ― aripa conducătoare a bisericii romane. La fel de bine, sau chiar mai bine camuflaţi, ei rămân cei mai „ultramontanişti”, discreţi dar eficienţi agenţi ai Sfântului Scaun în toată lumea, campioni ai politicii lui, arma secretă a papalităţii.
Acest sistem ocult a început acum patru secole ca „lucrând spre slava lui Dumnezeu”, dar de fapt pentru slava papilor. În ciuda unei tendinţe spre „laicizare”, în ciuda unui progres spre raţionalism care reduce puţin domeniul „dogmelor”, biserica romană nu poate renunţa la ţelul ei de la început: să adune sub crucea ei toate, toate naţiunile de pe glob. Această „misiune” uriaşă trebuie să continue orice s-ar întâmpla, printre „păgâni” ca şi printre „creştinii separaţi”. Clerul are sarcina să mărească turma credincioşilor prin convertirea „ereticilor” şi a „păgânilor”. Ei trebuie să păstreze sau să câştige, să apere sau să atace ― iar în linia întâi a frontului este această gardă mobilă: „Societatea lui Isus” ― iezuiţii. Concret vorbind, această societate nu este nici laică, nici angajată, în termenii Constituţiei ei, ci este un fel companie rafinată care intervine acolo şi unde este necesar, în biserică şi în afara ei, de fapt „autoritatea cea mai calificată, cea mai perseverentă., cea mai de temut şi cea mai convinsă a papei”, aşa cum scrie unul din cei mai buni istorici (A. Michel).
Vom vedea cum s-a format acest corp de „ieniceri”, ce servicii imense a făcut el papalităţii. Vom vedea cât zel s-a depus pentru a-l face indispensabil instituţiei pe care o servea, exercitând o asemenea influenţă asupra ei, încât Generalul ei a fost numit pe bună dreptate „eminenţa cenuşie”, astfel că a devenit tot mai dificil să se distingă, în guvernarea bisericii, între autoritatea papei şi cea a puternicului său ajutor.
Unul din factorii care au jucat un rol important în viaţa internaţională a acestui secol plin de confuzie şi revoluţii ― un factor decisiv şi unanim recunoscut ― a fost ambiţia bisericii romane. Dorinţa ei de secole de a se extinde spre Est, a făcut din ea un aliat al pan-germanismului şi un complice la încercarea acestuia de a obţine supremaţia în 1914 şi 1939, aducând moartea şi distrugerea peste populaţia Europei.
Publicul este în totală necunoştinţă de copleşitoarea responsabilitate pe care o poartă Vaticanul şi iezuiţii şi în declanşarea celor două războaie: o situaţie care poate fi explicată parţial prin imensele resurse financiare care sunt la dispoziţia Vaticanului şi ale iezuiţilor, ceea ce le dă putere în aşa de multe domenii, în special de la ultimu1 război.
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30 reviews1 follower
August 11, 2023
Li a versão traduzida (português do Brasil) e achei-a profundamente pobre.

Por muito que se tenha perdido na tradução, parece-me que o original está desorganizado, carregado de rancor e ódio contra os jesuitas, que impede o desenvolvimento de um trabalho objetivo, isento e ordenado.
São mencionadas personalidades e feitas citações, sem enquadramento ou referência de fonte: "Um autor católico escreveu:..." , "Outro escritor católico afirmou..."

Há repetição de informação: a indicação de que Hitler se inspirou na Companhia de Jesus e que foi um padre jesuita que redigiu o Mein Kampf, tendo Hitler apenas assinado, é desenvolvida algumas vezes.

O autor não é coerente na linha de tempo, divagando livremente entre épocas sem conseguir estabelecer uma continuidade histórica entre os eventos.

Se nos quisermos concentrar, em pesquisas e investigação, conseguimos concluir que até as alfaces são venenosas para o Ser Humano...

Citando do livro: "Quem disse uma vez: "Deixem vir a mim as criancinhas?" E por que razão? Devem vir até mim para que possa chaciná-las?" É o melhor exemplo de manipulação de citação e de condicionamento da interpretação. Ridiculo, na verdade.

Se o nosso objetivo fôr provar a culpa e a intervenção da Igreja Católica, representada concretamente pelos jesuitas, em todos os males da Humanidade, também isso se vai conseguir encontrar...

Não tivesse o autor já falecido e eu recomendaria uma boa noite de sono e um chocolate, para adoçar a alma...
2 reviews
March 19, 2015
Good history book

The Arthor is very convincing with convincing data conc
erning the Jusuits. You could feel his hatred for them in my observation; which might lead one to think he had an unpleasant event with them. Since he himself was no longer a Jesuit. Very intriguing. worth reading.
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October 12, 2013
A very fascinating read, but like many other books of its type, it is somewhat difficult to verify its claims.
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192 reviews4 followers
May 8, 2018
Thorough review of the Jesuit's activity in history and of the Church's involvement in the World Wars.
3 reviews
February 18, 2021
This book shows the true power of the jesuit order and its ruling of all nations and the Vatican, a must read for true historians.
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September 12, 2024
A RABIDLY ANTI-CATHOLIC DIATRIBE, IN A MODERN REPRINT

Edmond Paris (1894-1970) was a French author of books such as 'Convert...or Die,' 'Genocide In Satellite Croatia, 1941-1945: A Record Of Racial And Religious Persecutions And Massacres,' etc. He wrote in the Foreword to this 1965 book, "In fact, most early books retracting the history of the Jesuits cannot be found any more. Only in public libraries can they still be consulted, which makes them out of reach for most readers. With the aim of succinctly informing the public at large, a summary of these works seemed necessary." (Pg. 7)

He suggests that Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit Order, had visions which "may be the result of a nervous disorder and can be identified with what happens to smokers of opium and eaters of hashish... Blissful illuminations were constant companions of this mystic throughout his life." (Pg. 18) He attributes the effects of Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises as "mere controlled auto-suggestion." (Pg. 21)

He states, "Amongst the most criminal jesuitic maxims, there is one which roused public indignation to the highest point and deserves to be examined; it is: 'A monk or priest is allowed to kill those who are ready to slander him or his community.' So, the Order gives itself the right to eliminate its adversaries and even those of its members who, having come out of it, are too talkative. This pearl is found in the 'Theology of Father L'Amy.'" (Pg. 65)

He suggests, "when the Allies signed the treaty of Versailles in July 1919, they were so conscious of the part played by the Vatican in the conflict that it was carefully kept away from the conference table. And, even more surprising, it was the most Catholic State, Italy, which had insisted on its exclusion." (Pg. 122)

He asserts, "One of the Jesuits' attributions, and not one of the least important, is to supervise all the Catholic press. In the various papers adapted to the needs of their readers, they bring out, as necessary, the various shades of this 'pontifical thought' which, under its undulating aspects, nevertheless reaches implacably toward its aims. There is not one 'Christian' newspaper or periodical that does not enjoy the collaboration of some---discreet---Jesuits." (Pg. 160)

He argues, "No one can be deceived---and the Jesuits less than others---a general disarmament would toll the knell of the Roman Church as a world power. And the 'spiritual' head itself would totter. We must then expect to see the sons of Loyola opposing with all their arsenal of tricks the desire for peace of nations and governments. To ruin the edifice whose foundations are tentatively laid, they will not spare their mines and countermines. It is a war without mercy, a holy war... The world must perish, rather than the supremacy of the Roman Pontiff!" (Pg. 190)

The author's "documentation" in this professed "history" is nearly all French-language works which are not available in English (and most likely out of print in French, as well). (Not that readers of a book such as this would be inclined to follow up on its footnotes.) Only the most extreme of anti-Catholics (such as Jack Chick) will probably be interested in this book.

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248 reviews2 followers
December 1, 2024
2/5 estrelas

Esse "L'histoire secrète des jésuites" deixa muito a desejar como "documento histórico", se é que podemos chamá-lo de livro de História. Edmond Paris é um polemista anti-católico, portanto a obra já não é imparcial.

O livro até que vai bem no que propõe em sua imagem de capa e introdução, o apoio católico à ascensão do Nazismo. Mas onde está a "História Secreta" dos Jesuítas? O background histórico é bem simplório, deixa muito a desejar principalmente no que se trata da influência dos jesuítas na âmbito da educação (ou melhor dizendo, doutrinação). Influência que praticamente bloqueou o avanço de ideais de progresso onde a Igreja Católica/Companhia de Jesus se fez presente, principalmente em toda a América Latina. Esse tema deveria ter sido melhor explorado pelo autor.

Que o Partido Católico Alemão foi decisivo para a ascensão do Partido Nazista nas eleições de 1932 e depois na escolha de Hitler como chanceler pelo católico von Papen, é algo indiscutível. Mas toda a manipulação que a seita jesuítica teria feito, me parece ter sido muito exacerbada pelo autor. O livro entra mais para o hall de livros conspiratórios do que de livros históricos.

Resumindo, esse livro é uma perda de tempo...

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Author 1 book1 follower
July 29, 2025
A chilling exposé backed by documents the Church wishes never saw daylight.

Paris doesn't just speculate—he cites Jesuit confessions, Vatican archives, and war-era intelligence to trace a dark trail of manipulation, infiltration, and global ambition. This book helped connect dots I didn't know needed connecting.

If you’ve ever questioned why the Jesuits seem embedded in every regime change and revolution, this book will shake you awake.

Essential reading for anyone seeking the truth behind Rome’s most secret order.
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247 reviews4 followers
June 26, 2021
Paris does a get job laying out the history of the Society of Jesus and their political agenda.

It is another cog in the Control the masses plan. Provides plenty of articles and direct quotes to validate his position.
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228 reviews1 follower
March 13, 2020
Escrita bem documentada, apresenta a história sombria dos jesuítas e do envolvimento nas guerras mundiais. Leitura interessante para compreender o passado e muito do presente.
23 reviews
September 23, 2019
It shows who the Jesuits really

The Jesuits are the biggest threat too freedom in the world and have infiltrated most of the worlds governments building a one world dictatorship.
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April 13, 2017
The author is either insane or if what he writes is true - we are in for another religious conspiracy. Funny, I used to think the Jesuits were the "sane" ones of the catholicism so, maybe verify the author's claims before believing him.
3 reviews
December 16, 2017
Great read

We are in trouble if this author is correct about the Jesuits and their objectives for World domination and leadership.
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