anti-jesuits

The counter-reformation of the 16th century sparked a new ideology of the Catholic faith.  Ignatius Loyola realized the importance of a reformation of Catholicism and paved the way for the foundation of the Society of Jesus also known as the Jesuits.  However, the opposition to the counter-reformation from the protestant perspective remained; and in this image, the idea of anti-Jesuit propaganda is evident.   
The image is derived from an anti-Jesuit broadsheet the reveals the opposition of Jesuit views by protestants.  according to the online source, this broadsheet from 1569 portrays a devil-like Jesuit attempting to convert a protestant woman (online source).  However, the Jesuit is immediately killed by a protestant male, which signifies the strength of the protestant religion.  As reformers of this time have signified, the importance of non-Catholic ideas and rituals such as the seven sacraments and indulgences were of importance when designating religious ideology.  Ignatius Loyola's spin off of Catholicism was a reformation of Catholicism itself that kept the same views and ideals, with more focus on loyalty to the church, and an examination of inner-conscience (CP 204).  From the image above, we can see that, though the Jesuits were a reformed version of Catholicism, their views still did not line up with protestant believers, and essentially caused friction between the two; even many years after the Jesuit faith was established in the earlier 1500's.  Broadsheets such as this discuss the opposing arguments between the Jesuit and protestant ideas, and how far some were willing to go to assure that protestants would be informed not to be swayed by Jesuit views. 

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Course Packet compiled by Dr. Wolbrink
http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_image.cfm?image_id=3348