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Conspiracy theories about the Society of Jesus

See also: List of conspiracy theories § Anti-Catholic conspiracy theories, and Anti-Catholicism

Jesuit conspiracy theories are conspiracy theories about the members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a religious order in the Catholic Church.

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Such theories began appearing as early as 1550, just ten years after the founding of the Jesuits. They were often accused by their enemies due to the intellectual and political influence the Society of Jesus exerted against others.

History

The earliest recorded Jesuit conspiracy theory is from an Augustinian friar, George Browne, who had exclaimed from the pulpit to a crowd in 1551 the following conspiracy theory:

But there is a new fraternity of late sprung up who call themselves Jesuits, which will deceive many, who are much after the Scribes and Pharisees' manner.

Among the Jews they shall strive to abolish the truth, and shall come very near to do