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August 8th, 1915
Received by James Padgett.
Washington D.C.
I am here, Loyola the Jesuit:
Yes, I am a follower of the Master and a very weak one. I was a
persecutor of those who differed from me in my views of religious
things and duty, and as a consequence was the cause of the death
of many a true Christian as I see the truth to be. And on earth
my followers now in many parts of the world have the same bitter
feelings against all who do not think as they do upon religious
matters, and were it not for the laws of the countries in which
they live they would do as I did.
How I have suffered since I became a spirit for all the evil which
I inflicted on mankind when I lived on earth in what I thought then
was a religious cause. But thank God even my sins have been forgiven
and I am now an inhabitant of my Father's Kingdom. But oh, the long
years of bitter suffering and remorse and the darkness of blackest
night that I lived in among howling devils and lost souls as they
thought.
But now I know that God's mercy is so wide that the greatest sinner
may be saved and receive the Great Love of the Father. I write this
because I have never before communicated to a mortal in this way
and I want to give warning to the world, and especially to my followers
on earth that the truths of God are eternal and will live forever,
and that no persecution in the name of truth will meet the approval
of God or save from punishment and torment those who engage in it
no matter how honest they may think themselves to be, or how much
they believe that they are doing their duty to God.God has given
to every man a free will which even he does not attempt to curb
or bind and no mere creature of his has any right to say to a man
that he shall or shall not believe this or that, and exercise his
will according to the enforced or seeming belief. No, man is a free
agent and can do as he pleases in regards to his beliefs, and even
God will not force him to believe, but when he believes that which
is not true he will certainly have to pay the penalties of his erroneous
beliefs, because the truths of God are fixed, and with these truths
operate laws that are inexorable, and men who fail to conform to
the requirements of these laws must pay the penalties to the last
farthing. These laws never change and are supreme. I am now a redeemed
spirit through the grace of God and have realized what his love
means and I am an inhabitant of the celestial heavens. But not because
of my works on earth, but because of the great overshadowing love
of the Father.
So I say, seek the truth as it may be found in Jesus teachings and shun the dogmas and creeds of the churches as you would a poisonous thing of death.
I will stop now, but thank you for the opportunity of making this, my confession.
So with all my kindest wishes I am your brother in Christ,
the Jesuit
Loyola
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