Doing some research, Nicolas de Bonneville was a French revolutionary, and Freemason who was known for his political writings and strong opposition to the Jesuits. His book reflected his ideological stance against the Jesuits rather than providing a rigorous historical account of Freemasonry’s development. He sought to argue that the Jesuits had infiltrated Freemasonry but were ultimately expelled.

The introduction of Templar themes into Freemasonry can be more accurately traced to the 18th-century "higher degrees" that developed in France after that Ramsey Oration, rather than to any verifiable Jesuit influence.

While Jesuits were highly educated and influential in European intellectual circles, their relationship with Freemasonry was generally adversarial.