I read the prologue and regret it completely。 It's not worth the time to even read the table of contents or flip through。The author tries to present himself as unbiased， saying he's giving a neutral historical account that isn't either promoting "the saints" （yes， he puts "saints" in quotes， which is cringe） or addressing "conspiracy theories。" So why write the book？ The prologue doesn't give any compelling reason for why this book is needed。Anyone who says they're unbiased is a liar & is hustli I read the prologue and regret it completely。 It's not worth the time to even read the table of contents or flip through。The author tries to present himself as unbiased， saying he's giving a neutral historical account that isn't either promoting "the saints" （yes， he puts "saints" in quotes， which is cringe） or addressing "conspiracy theories。" So why write the book？ The prologue doesn't give any compelling reason for why this book is needed。Anyone who says they're unbiased is a liar & is hustling their audience。 Why write a book if you're not passionate about the subject？ What's the purpose？ Unless you're writing a book with a purpose for today， why tell people about history？ This annoys me to no end when people write books without any real reason for doing so。 Just giving a history is absolutely meaningless， it should only be done to have impact today。 Overloading people with random facts is absolutely pointless。 Furthermore， it's impossible to write a comprehensive history of anything， so I'm immediately skeptical of any of these thick books that try to give some kind of grand scope of history or narrative， they're almost all propaganda， lies， and terrible。I'll stick with other non-academic sources on The Jesuits。 The Jesuits have been nothing but elites meddling in politics since day 1。 The Jesuits are the most corrupt and evil institution （the Dominicans & Franciscans give them a run for their money） that has ever existed， created by European elites （as all religious institutions were just clubs for the troubled elites） in order to promote European elite interests throughout the world， such as Franciscans coming to America & oppressing native， to Dominicans leading the torture of "heretics" in Europe， which was nothing but power plays between elite European powers。The Jesuits today are having to reconcile with their history of meddling in absolutely everything， from owning slaves， to torture， getting native Americans to agree to extinction， being involved with politics， abuse， genocide， war crimes， money theft of incredible proportions， and on and on。 The Jesuits are trying to present themselves as a liberal force for good （think of James Martin）， but this is just part of the scam; they're still nothing but a group working to continue elite control。 The Nazis and Mafia only wish they had the power & organization of The Jesuits。The Jesuits have largely served their purpose， globalization and control by the elites is basically finished。 The Jesuits have been an enemy of humanity for hundreds of years and the sooner they're made universally illegal and despised the better。 。。。more