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> Interestingly, the Catholic church _hates_ Freemasonry, for some reason. Freemasonry (and secret societies of the same style) was very active in the Age of R
by Bayart 4y ago
> Interestingly, the Catholic church _hates_ Freemasonry, for some reason.
Freemasonry (and secret societies of the same style) was very active in the Age of Revolution and participated in the uprooting of the Church's power base.
As an active Catholic, Freemasons have always been seen with extreme suspicion, if not outright fantasies. But you could say the same of the way Catholics are perceived in some places, in particular among Anglo-Protestants and Socialists.
- abrenuntio 4y agoI would say that the reasons run deeper than a power play. Freemasonry demands active participation in a religious liturgy in which Christ is implicitly excluded. When the Church warns against such worship and the basic attitudes (beliefs) it inevitably expresses, it is not expressing hatred but charity: concern for souls and loyalty to the mission it received from Christ in Mt 28:19-20. My guess is that you will find the same instincts in e.g. Eastern Orthodox churches.
- Bayart 4y agoI agree with you. I wanted to include in my post that it had likely to do with Freemasons having ritual without much in the way of doctrine, but I didn't want to appear inflammatory.
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- bovermyer 4y agoThat's an interesting way of putting it, and not inaccurate, either. When I think about it... Freemasonry has a very different religious focus than most Abrahamic religions, despite its origins in the same. Yeshua ben Yosef is basically ignored in favor of other historical, and explicitly allegorical, figures.
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