Looks at the four and a half century history of the Society of Jesus, argues that the Jesuits are becoming enemies of the papacy, and discusses the issues involved
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The truth is in the telling, as Robert Evans wrote in the, “The kid stays in the Picture”, there are 3 truths; your truth, their truth and what actually happened.
What stands out to me is that the Jesuits feel a part of a cause, something far greater than an individual, spanning millennia, joined in belief that embraces all, regardless of creed or position, the stakes are higher, and the scale infinitely greater.
Obviously if you are a church conservative, then the brotherhood's realignment back to the teachings of Christ, is a betrayal of the pope and hierarchical church order.
If you feel that the church has inserted itself between the faithful and god, and on the way drifted from teachings of Christ, then the picture looks somewhat different.
It's a fascinating insight into the responsibility of authority, the overt and tacit contract of trust and the foibles of man.
