Now therefore that people see that we are the only real and true Christians, we can say a word more against priests and princes, but I have so managed that after previous tests I can receive pontiffs and kings in this degree. In the higher Mysteries we must then (_a_) disclose the pious fraud and (_b_) reveal from all writings the origin of all religious lies and their connexion....[555] So admirably did this ruse succeed that we find Spartacus writing triumphantly: You cannot imagine what consideration and sensation our Priest's degree is arousing. The most wonderful thing is that great Protestant and reformed theologians who belong to ⊙ [Illuminism] still believe that the religious teaching imparted in it contains the true and genuine spirit of the Christian religion. Oh! men, of what cannot you be persuaded? I never thought that I should become the founder of a new religion.[556] It is on the "illuminized" clergy and professors that Weishaupt counts principally for the work of the Order. Through the influence of the Brothers [he writes], the Jesuits have been removed from all professorships, and the University of Ingoldstadt has been quite cleansed of them....[557] Thus the way is cleared for Weishaupt's adepts. The Institute of Cadets also comes under the control of the Order: All the professors are members of the Illuminati, ... so will all the pupils become disciples of Illuminism.[558] Further: We have provided our clerical members with good benefices, parishes, posts at Court. Through our influence Arminius and Cortez have been made professors at Ephesus. * * * * * The German schools are quite under [the influence of] ⊙ and now only members have charge of them. The charitable association is also directed by ⊙. * * * * * Soon we shall draw over to us the whole Bartholomew Institute for young clergymen; the preparations have already been made and the prospects are very good, by this means we shall be able to provide the whole of Bavaria with proper priests.[559] But religion and Freemasonry are not the only means by which Illuminism can be spread.