Behind The Lodge Door: The Church, State and Freemasonry in America
Paul A. Fisher
Freemasonry, as we generally know it today, entered history when the
Grand Lodge of England was established in 1717.
In 1738, Pope Clement XII, as Rupert Cornwell
observed, issued his Pontifical Constitution, In Eminenti. The Pontiff
declared:
"We have resolved and decreed to condemn and forbid such
[secret] societies, assemblies, reunions, conventions, aggregations
or meetings, called either Freemasonic or known under some other
denomination. We condemn and forbid them by this, our present
constitution, which is to be considered valid forever.
"We commend to the faithful to abstain from intercourse with
those societies . . .in order to avoid excommunication, which will
be the penalty imposed upon all those contravening to this, our
order, none except at the point of death could be absolved of this
sin, except by us or the then existing Roman Pontiff."
Grand Lodge of England was established in 1717.
In 1738, Pope Clement XII, as Rupert Cornwell
observed, issued his Pontifical Constitution, In Eminenti. The Pontiff
declared:
"We have resolved and decreed to condemn and forbid such
[secret] societies, assemblies, reunions, conventions, aggregations
or meetings, called either Freemasonic or known under some other
denomination. We condemn and forbid them by this, our present
constitution, which is to be considered valid forever.
"We commend to the faithful to abstain from intercourse with
those societies . . .in order to avoid excommunication, which will
be the penalty imposed upon all those contravening to this, our
order, none except at the point of death could be absolved of this
sin, except by us or the then existing Roman Pontiff."
Anno:
1994
Edizione:
1st
Casa editrice:
TAN Books
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
352
File:
EPUB, 838 KB
IPFS:
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english, 1994