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The Masonic Infiltration of Mainstream Catholicism
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While the topic is complex, involving secret infiltrations and subterfuges, there are traceable open encounters between Masonic lodges and Catholic orders, especially the Jesuits, once the praetorian guard of the Papacy and the vanguard of the counter reformation, dating back to the late 19th century. I shall, in this paper, attempt to highlight these encounters within their historical framework and show the nefarious results of this infiltration. Before delving into the problem itself, however, I shall present a brief summary of Masonic history and thought.
Masonic religion: esoteric and occult
Freemasonry, also known as “the Brotherhood” or “the Craft,” is a curious mixture of the medieval stonemasons’ guild and various underground speculative currents of esoteric and occult thought, much then blossomed throughout Europe in the late-17th and 18th centuries. The origins of Freemasonry are clouded by the vast number of legends put forward by the adherents of the various lodges. As historical fact, modern Freemasonry is generally acknowledged to have begun in 1717. At that time, various sectarian groups came together to found the Grand Lodge in London as the seat of “speculative,” rather than “operative” Freemasons, dedicated to the building of freely perfected men, rather than stone cathedrals.
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