Can Catholics be Freemasons?

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pretty self-explanatory I think. Anyway, as an extension, can Catholics be members of socities affiliated with the freemasons, such as the rotary club?
 
kooldood said:
pretty self-explanatory I think. Anyway, as an extension, can Catholics be members of socities affiliated with the freemasons, such as the rotary club?
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Catholics becoming Freemasons - NO. I’ve read the book written by Pike (got it from a used bookstore, it was later stolen from me by a former co-worker a 33 degree mason) and I can tell you that Freemasonary is truly a completely different religion - complete with Anti-Catholic Rituals required to be gone through to reach various degrees - one of them is stopping on a replica of a Papal Crown for example.

Also Catholics should read writings from St. Maximillian Kolbe. The prayer for the Knights of the Immaculata as he originally wrote it was: “O Immaculata, conceived without sin, please pray for us who have recourse to you and for all those who do not have recourse to you, especially the Freemasons.”

Rotary Club? Aren’t they a business networking group?
 
my friends father used to be part of the freemasons and when he converted from protestantism to catholicism he left,according to him there is a lot of “hocus pocus”,different kind of rituals…although he didnt want to say anything more about it
 
kooldood said:
pretty self-explanatory I think. Anyway, as an extension, can Catholics be members of socities affiliated with the freemasons, such as the rotary club?
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Nope.

The Rotary club? Didn’t think they were masons.
 
NO!
newadvent.org/cathen/09771a.htm
Soon after 1750, however, as occult sciences were ascribed to the Templars, their system was readily adaptable to all kinds of Rosicrucian purposes and to such practices as alchemy, magic, cabbala, spiritism, and necromancy.
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But Freemasonry goes farther and attacks Catholicism openly. The “Voice” (Chicago), for instance, in an article which begins: “There is nothing in the Catholic religion which is adverse to Masonry”, continues,

for the truth is, that masonry embodies that religion in which all men agree. This is as true as that all veritable religion, wherever found, is in substance the same. Neither is it in the power of any man or body of men to make it otherwise. Doctrines and forms of observance conformable to piety, imposed by spiritual overseers, may be as various as the courses of wind; and like the latter may war with each other upon the face of the whole earth, but they are not religion. **Bigotry and zeal, the assumptions of the priestcraft, with all its countless inventions to magnify and impress the world **. . . are ever the mainsprings of strife, hatred and revenge, which defame and banish religion and its inseparable virtues, and work unspeakable mischief, wherever mankind are found upon the earth. Popery and priestcraft are so allied, that they may be called the same; the truth being, that the former is nothing more nor less than a special case of the latter, being a particular form of a vicious principle, which itself is but the offspring of the conceit of self-sufficiency and the lust of dominion. Nothing which can be named, is more repugnant to the spirit of masonry, nothing to be more carefully guarded against, and this has been always well understood by all skillful masters, and it must in truth be said, that such is the wisdom of the lessons, i.e. of masonic instruction in Lodges, etc.
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This is one of those thing like a Ouija board, which appears fun and harmless but under the surface is like opening a window for evil and sin to come in.
 
No, Catholics cannot be Freemasons.

It’s interesting, because Freemasons claim that they belong to a “fraternal organization/society” and that it isn’t a religion. However, it does have many of the trappings of a religion. I went to the “House of the Temple” in DC a few months ago, to see what the inside of a Freemason lodge looks like. One of the main features is an altar, with various religious texts on it (Bible (KJV I believe), Quran, etc). There really is no benefit, spiritual or temporal, of Freemasonry that a Catholic cannot find in the Catholic Church.
 
kooldood said:
pretty self-explanatory I think. Anyway, as an extension, can Catholics be members of socities affiliated with the freemasons, such as the rotary club?
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Oh sorry. And the Rotary Club is not part of Freemasonry.
 
They will tell you it is not a religon. Pikes work contridicts that.
 
No Catholic can be a freemason. They are they anti-catholic (despite the fact they try to hide it from the uninitiated) and actively try to subvert and corrupt the church. In this they are instruments of Satan.
 
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Catholics becoming Freemasons - NO. I’ve read the book written by Pike (got it from a used bookstore, it was later stolen from me by a former co-worker a 33 degree mason) and I can tell you that Freemasonary is truly a completely different religion - complete with Anti-Catholic Rituals required to be gone through to reach various degrees - one of them is stopping on a replica of a Papal Crown for example.

Also Catholics should read writings from St. Maximillian Kolbe. The prayer for the Knights of the Immaculata as he originally wrote it was: “O Immaculata, conceived without sin, please pray for us who have recourse to you and for all those who do not have recourse to you, especially the Freemasons.”

Rotary Club? Aren’t they a business networking group?
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it is my understanding that the book from pike is a forgery. also there are alot of misunderstandings about the masonic rituals and their beliefs. many of their beliefs are base on the kabbalah and other
mystery religions. dont know if you ever had the chance to read the true meaning of masonry. author escapes me at present. the author is a high level mason. and its ineresting what he says. " the catholic church is the one true church " they believe in the way of the cross, we believe in the way of knowledge. or gnosis, or if you like rex lucius.just paraphrasing here. but your right, they do claim to be another religion. and also we have the knights of columbus if a catholic wishes to be part of a fraternal order.
the Lord be with you.🙂
 
Some interesting reads on the topic of origins of Freemasonry can be found here:

sacred-texts.com/mas/index.htm

If you compare the early readings on Freemasonry to the readings in Rosicrucianism and the later texts associated with the Knights Templar - one can come to some interesting conclusions (one major conclusion being NO, you can’t be a good practicing Catholic AND a Freemason.)
 
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No, Catholics cannot be Freemasons.

It’s interesting, because Freemasons claim that they belong to a “fraternal organization/society” and that it isn’t a religion. However, it does have many of the trappings of a religion. I went to the “House of the Temple” in DC a few months ago, to see what the inside of a Freemason lodge looks like. One of the main features is an altar, with various religious texts on it (Bible (KJV I believe), Quran, etc). There really is no benefit, spiritual or temporal, of Freemasonry that a Catholic cannot find in the Catholic Church.
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I am a freemason (recognized Blue Lodge) and have been now for a number of years. I can honestly tell you from my perspective, Freemasonry is not a religion, nor a substitute for religion; in fact all freemasons (at least in my jurisdiction) are instructed to be steadfast in the faith of their acceptance. There is an altar in the lodge where the Holy Bible or other VSL is on display to remind us of our obligation to God. I agree with you that there really is no benefit, spiritual or temporal, of Freemasonry that a Catholic cannot find in the Catholic Church. I’d go father to say that there really is no benefit, spiritual or temporal, of Freemasonry that a person of any religious persuasion cannot find in a House of Worship.

If your joining a Masonic Lodge for spiritual or religious reasons, you’ll be extremely disapointed and will be referred to the House of Worship of your choice.

I know that the Catholic Church does not permit membership in the Freemasons, but I think its safe to say that my lodge is composed of approximately 40% Roman Catholic members, so while they may be considered to be in a state of grave sin, none of them seem to have an issue with it.

Just an honest perspective from a Freemason.
 
I know for a fact that Catholics CANNOT be freemasons. As for Rotary, I didn’t know it was associated with masons but I have read that it is pro-abortion, so if we’re talking about the same Rotary–Rotary International–I would imagine it would not be a good idea for a Catholic to join.
 
kooldood said:
pretty self-explanatory I think. Anyway, as an extension, can Catholics be members of socities affiliated with the freemasons, such as the rotary club?
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They can be Masons - but Rome has forbidden them to be Masons. 😉 It renewed the prohibition of 1738 in 1983, following some uncertainty as to whether Catholics were still forbidden to join the Masons. (The Church of Scotland forbade its members to be Masons in 1736.)​

 
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