Paper Assignment 8

Near the end of The Grand Inquisitor, Alyosha, speaking of the Inquisitor and those like him, says:

The Jesuits are merely a Romish army making ready for their future temporal kingdom, with a mitred emperor--a Roman high priest at their head. That is their ideal and object, without any mystery or elevated suffering. The most prosaic thirsting for power, for the sake of the mean and earthly pleasures of life, a desire to enslave their fellow-men, something like our late system of serfs, with themselves at the head as landed proprietors—that is all that they can be accused of. They may not believe in God, that is also possible, but your suffering Inquisitor is simply--a fancy!

In no more than two pages, explain as clearly as you can exactly what Alyosha is saying in this passage.  Indicate in what way the passage reveals Alyosha's disagreement with Ivan (the narrator of The Grand Inquisitor), being sure to lay out Ivan's own view of the Inquisitor. Then state whether you agree with the quoted remark of Alyosha's. Support your answer.