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In alliance with the Jesuits, he weeded out corrupt clerics and what he considered too soft Umiliati order of Catholic laymen.
The Jesuits, founded in 1534, quickly became an army of theologians to combat heresy.
Yet the church, begun by Jesuits in 1748, is a thing of beauty; one half expects its bells to erupt in triumphant song.
"The Jesuits have this concept of holy effrontery--in defending their cause it's okay to use any means, including false statements," says one executive.
Pombal dominated Portugal as an enlightened despot, banishing the Jesuits and executing certain members of the nobility who may have been involved in an assassination attempt on the king.