Papal Documents relating to Freemasonry
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Before Pius IX
- Clement XII - In Eminenti Apostolatus - 1738
- Benedict XIV - Providas RomanorumProvidas RomanorumProvidas Romanorum was a Apostolic constitution promulgated by Pope Benedict XIV on May 18, 1751. The constitution condemned Freemasonry on the grounds of its naturalism, demand for oaths, secrecy, religious indifferentism, and possible threat to the church and state. It confirmed the previous...
- 1751 - Pius VII - Ecclesiam a Jesu ChristoEcclesiam a Jesu ChristoEcclesiam a Jesu Christo was a Papal constitution promulgated by Pius VII in 1821.It stated that Freemasons must be excommunicated for their oath bound secrecy of the society and conspiracies against church and state....
- 1821 - Leo XII - Quo GravioraQuo GravioraQuo Graviora was an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Leo XII on March 13, 1826, in which he decreed the prohibition of membership in Masonic Lodges in perpetuity.- See also :* Papal Documents relating to Freemasonry* Anti-Masonry...
- 1826 - Pius VIII - Traditi HumilitatiTraditi HumilitatiTraditi Humilitati is a Papal Encyclical issued by Pope Pius VIII in 1829. It laid out the program for his pontificate. Although not mentioning freemasonry, it has been cited by later anti-Masonic publications of the Catholic Church because it condemned those "who think that the portal of eternal...
- 1829 - Gregory XVI - Mirari VosMirari VosMirari Vos - On Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism is the first encyclical of Pope Gregory XVI and was issued in 1832. Addressed "To All Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, and Bishops of the Catholic World", it is general in scope....
- 1832
Pius IX
- Qui PluribusQui PluribusQui Pluribus - was an encyclical promulgated by Pope Pius IX in 1846. It disputed the belief that reason should be put above faith.It singled out the free gift of anti-Catholic Bibles...
- 1846 - Quibus quantisque malisQuibus quantisque malisQuibus quantisque malis was a Papal pronouncement of Pius IX in 1846. It is referred to by Catholic sources as anti-Masonic, although there is no English translation available.- See also :* Papal Documents relating to Freemasonry* Anti-Masonry...
- 1849 - Quanta curaQuanta CuraThere is also an earlier encyclical of the same title, issued in 1741 by Pope Benedict XIV, forbidding traffic in alms. -Historical context:The encyclical was prompted by the September Convention of 1864, an agreement between the Kingdom of Italy and the Second French Empire of Napoleon III,...
- 1864 - Multiplices inter - 1865
- Apostolicæ SedisApostolicæ SedisApostolicae Sedis moderationi was a papal bull issued by Pope Pius IX on 12 October 1869, which revised the list of censures that in canon law were imposed automatically on offenders...
- 1869 - Etsi multaEtsi multaEtsi multa - On The Church In Italy, Germany, And Switzerland is a papal encyclical that was published by Pope Pius IX on November 21, 1873.The encyclical claimed that there were three campaigns being waged against the Church at the time:...
- 1873
Leo XIII
- Etsi NosEtsi NosEtsi Nos was a papal encyclical promulgated by Pope Leo XIII in 1882 complaining about the way in which post-unification Italy denigrated the role of the Church, which it blamed primarily on Freemasonry:- See also :...
- 1882 - Humanum GenusHumanum GenusHumanum Genus was a papal encyclical promulgated on April 20, 1884, by Pope Leo XIII. Coming in the ascent of the industrial age and Marxism, it posited that the late 19th Century was a dangerous era for Christians, and condemned Freemasonry as well as a number of beliefs and practices allegedly...
- 1884 - Officio SanctissimoOfficio SanctissimoOfficio Sanctissimo was an Papal Encyclical published by Pope Leo XIII in 1887. It recalled the continuous history of Catholicism in Bavaria and praised the populations resistance to the Kulturkampf...
- 1887 - Ab ApostoliciAb ApostoliciAb Apostolici was a papal encyclical promulgated by Leo XIII on 15 October 1890.It dealt with Freemasonry in Italy, condemning the contemporary course of public affairs in Italy as the realization of the "Masonic programme"...
- 1890 - Custodi di quella fedeCustodi di quella fedeCustodi di quella fede Custodi di quella fede Custodi di quella fede ((On Freemasonry) was a Papal Encyclical promulgated by Leo XIII in 1892 and was addressed to the Italian people.It accompanied the encyclical Inimica vis that was addressed to the Italian bishops...
- 1892 - Inimica visInimica visInimica vis was a Papal Encyclical addressed to the bishops of Italy. It remarked on the multiple condemnations of Freemasonry over the preceding century and a half and concentrated on the local difficulties of the Italian church. It was promulgated by Leo XIII in 1892...
- 1892 - Praeclara Gratulationis PublicaePraeclara Gratulationis PublicaePraeclara Gratulationis Publicae was an Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII promulgated on June 20, 1894.-Content:...
- 1894 - Annum ingressiAnnum ingressiAnnum Ingressi was an apostolic epistle written by Leo XIII in 1902. It was addressed to the bishops of the world reviewing the twenty five years of his pontificate...
- 1902