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Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo

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Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo was a Papal bull 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.

It also linked Freemasonry with the Carbonari, an anti-clerical revolutionary group active in Italy. It said that the Carbonari effected a love of the Catholic religion. However the true goals of the Carbonari was said to be:

  • Religious indifference
  • Disestablishment of the church and total religious freedom
  • The profanation of Jesus Christ through their ceremonies
  • To scorn, and perhaps replace the sacraments of the church
  • To plot against Papal primacy

    • All members of the Carbonari were excommunicated, along with those who kept Carbonari secrets and those promoting Carbonari literature.

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