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EPISODE · Feb 23, 2026 · 29 MIN

The Jesuit "Reducciones," The Gurani Indians, and Communism [By Kody Morey]

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Substack Article: https://open.substack.com/pub/theofficialurban/p/jesuit-reductions?r=3kr5wz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=webRadio Interview by Kody Morey from https://www.truthtriumphantministries.org/In Paraguay, the Jesuits created a unique fusion of religious and military authority. To protect the Guarani from slave traders, Jesuits organized and armed native militias. These settlements functioned as a strategic buffer zone where Jesuit "priest-colonels" managed both spiritual survival and the physical defense of the frontier."Reductions in Paraguay in the 17th and 18th centuries, which were a series of communes in which Jesuit priest exercised authority over the natives there. In that environment, the Jesuit Order maintained control over a group of South American Guarani Indians, who they educated and trained to work on their behalf, generating goods that were later sold in the markets of Europe." (Read More)

Substack Article: https://open.substack.com/pub/theofficialurban/p/jesuit-reductions?r=3kr5wz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=webRadio Interview by Kody Morey from https://www.truthtriumphantministries.org/In Paraguay, the Jesuits created a unique fusion of religious and military authority. To protect the Guarani from slave traders, Jesuits organized and armed native militias. These settlements functioned as a strategic buffer zone where Jesuit "priest-colonels" managed both spiritual survival and the physical defense of the frontier."Reductions in Paraguay in the 17th and 18th centuries, which were a series of communes in which Jesuit priest exercised authority over the natives there. In that environment, the Jesuit Order maintained control over a group of South American Guarani Indians, who they educated and trained to work on their behalf, generating goods that were later sold in the markets of Europe." (Read More)

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Substack Article: https://open.substack.com/pub/theofficialurban/p/jesuit-reductions?r=3kr5wz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=webRadio Interview by Kody Morey from https://www.truthtriumphantministries.org/In Paraguay, the Jesuits created a unique...

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