Why were the Jesuits persecuted? And possibly more importantly,

Come on /his/ I thought you were obsessed with Catholics

>>3283363
They often put their mission above the interests of nation states or the secular interests of the church.
They could also be pretty underhanded and subversive in their tactics.

>>3283729
As for why the are not now, they cut a lot of that shit out after they happened upon the most subversive tactic of all: founding educational institutions

>>3283363
>why did they stop being persecuted
Probably because the current Jesuits have absolutely nothing to do with the original ones, being an entirely Masonic institution.

>>3283363
Imagine a group of highly educated Muslims coming into your country who worked on converting political leaders to Islam and then having those leaders put pressure on those bellow them to not only convert but to place allegiance to the Saudi Government and middle eastern states above their own country.

Imagine if this group of Muslims also used their influence to acquire large businesses and became very wealthy as a result of it.

>>3283363
because they were true civilizators and their methods absolutely worked

>>3283363
they were expelled from some places for political reasons, not really persecuted