Catholic as Mason

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i was talking with friends and the general opinion about a catholic joining the freemasons was that the church forbids it. why is that and since when is it forbidden?

-- ENRIQUE ORTIZ (eaortiz@yahoo.com), April 15, 1999

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It has always been forbidden, because of their anti-Catholic teachings.

-- Br. Rich S.F.O. (repsfo@prodigy.net), April 15, 1999.

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bbecause the catholic churh does not condone secret socities. you cannot get an organization that is more secret then the masons

-- richard etheridge (etheridge_richar@hotmail.com), April 19, 1999.

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The Masons were not in existence until the Medieval period. They proved themselves to be anti-papists and not friends of the church. Please let us be frown up about this the church has many many secrect societies within it's ranks. To think otherwise is a child's viewpoint.

Peace And Well Being.

Jean bouchar

-- jean bouchard (jeanb@cwk.imag.net), May 11, 1999.


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Jean,

Please do some further research on the Masons. Beyond being "secret", Masonry is actually a humanistic, relativistic religion and, as such, is intrinsically incompatible with Christianity.

Even many Protestant denominations ban members from joining the Masons (I know for certain that the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church has such a ban). My friends in the Missouri Synod are not eager to chastise "anti-papists".

Try the EWTN web site document library and search for MASON. You'll be surprised.

-- ubi (ubi@petros.com), May 12, 1999.


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ubi, I agree. The vast majority of Protestant, Evangelical and Pentecostal denominations ban membership in the masons because its principles and initiation oath are in conflict with the Christian faith. Masons are generally perceived as being a cult, though I doubt many masons would agree. Most think of themselves as purely a civic organization that works towards society's good and are not aware of any religious connotations in their meetings and events.

-- David (David@BankPacman.com), May 12, 1999.


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Thank you for advising further reading on Masons. I apprecaite this for I have done some in the past leaving me with the view of a group of power mongers wanting world domination.

Masons of the past have held high politcacl office and are still among us in high level professions. I once was asked to join the Mason but felt some of the basic ideology did not fit into my unconcious emotional matter. In so many words it stinks.

Peace And Well Being.

Jean Bouchard

-- jean bouchard (jeanb@cwk.imag.net), May 13, 1999.


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Jean, that seems kinda weird that a mason would ask you to join, since the way they work is you have to ask a mason, not the other way around.....hmmmm. As for the secret thing, seems to me that secret societies don't usually aren't listed in the yellow pages....And for the whole religion thing, religion and politics are two things that are not discussed in their meetings....

-- Frank (Neko6918@yahoo.com), September 05, 2002.

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Power mongers? I guess that has been used in the past against different groups. Just because some one is a member of a group and is motivated to go into politics doesn't mean that the group is going to take over the world. I can remember the fear that the Catholics were going to take over when John F. Kennedy was elected president. Most countries have suspected that the Jews were going to take over also.

-- Norman Paskey (norm.paskey@attbi.com), January 18, 2003.

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