Question: I recently received a copy of the oath which Jesuits take. It is so blasphemous and evil ...

Question: I recently received a copy of the oath which Jesuits take. It is so blasphemous and evil that it is almost unbelievable. It is supposedly part of the Congressional Record of the House of Representatives. If that is true, which I presume it is, how can anyone argue with such documentation?

Response: This oath has been circulating for years. We must take great care that what we say about friend or foe is accurate. Yes, this oath is part of the Congressional Record, H-1523, February 15, 1913—not, however, as the Oath of Jesuits but allegedly as that of the Knights of Columbus.

Copies of this alleged oath were circulated by one Thomas S. Butler, Republican, in his contest against Eugene C. Bonniwell, Democrat. The Congressional Record contains Bonniwell’s complaint that Butler libeled him during the campaign by circulating a false document which was alleged to be the Oath of the Knights of Columbus (of which Bonniwell, a Roman Catholic, was a member) but was in fact not authentic. Congress made no judgment as to the oath’s authenticity, nor does the record contain any proof from Butler that it was in fact authentic. Unless someone can prove that this is indeed (or was at that time) the oath taken by Knights of Columbus, it should not be stated that it is.