POPE GREGORY XIII

The Jesuits had been among the first Christian missionaries to Japan. Educationally very strong they developed Latin-Japanese dictionaries and taught other Jesuits Japanese and soon, the Jesuits were not only successful at converting Japanese to Christianity, but they were fantastic as merchants and traders. They made so much money that the Jesuit order became a power itself to some rivaling the Vatican. The Jesuits had an independence from the Catholic Hierarchy and their money allowed them to get almost anything they wanted. This famous Bull, in effect, gave the Jesuits a monopoly on trade and on souls.

The Jesuits had been among the first Christian missionaries to Japan. Educationally very strong they developed Latin-Japanese dictionaries and taught other Jesuits Japanese and soon, the Jesuits were not only successful at converting Japanese to Christianity, but they were fantastic as merchants and traders. They made so much money that the Jesuit order became a power itself to some rivaling the Vatican. The Jesuits had an independence from the Catholic Hierarchy and their money allowed them to get almost anything they wanted. This famous Bull, in effect, gave the Jesuits a monopoly on trade and on souls.