1/8 There seem to be a lot of misconceptions re: Freemasons.
It’s fascinating how instantly people jump on the bandwagon to hate them while crying “use discernment!” and “open your eyes and wake up!” - w/o applying the same principles of wisdom to this topic.
Let’s explore…
2/8 “What the #pope actually said was that the #SalvationArmy, the #Baptist church, the #Buddhists, and the #Mormons—in fact, every member of the human race who was not a Roman #Catholic—was part of the “kingdom of Satan.”
(All quotes from “Born in Blood” by John J. Robinson)
3/8 “What the pope actually complained of was the separation of church and state, but once again, we’ll let the pope speak for himself, remembering that when he uses the word church, he means the Roman Catholic church only:”
4a/8 “The pope was horrified at the idea that people should make laws to govern themselves rather than be obedient to the rulers who were given divine command when anointed by the church.”
4b/8 “In that respect, Humanum Genus was every bit as much a condemnation of the Constitution of the United States as it was of Freemasonry.”
5/8 “It is tyranny to keep men subject to any other authority than that which emanates from themselves. Hence the people are sovereign; those who rule have no authority but by…the people; so that they can be deposed, willing or unwilling, according to the wishes of the people.”
6a/8 “That’s what the “kingdom of Satan” was doing in Humanum Genus: it was depriving the church of authority and privilege, and sometimes property as well, by replacing church-approved sovereigns with democratic rule.”
6b/8 “Humanum Genus blamed naturalists, men who wanted to substitute reasoning for the teachings of the church and who taught that laws should be made “by just the consent of the governed.”
6c/8 “The church is actually condemning this Masonic acceptance of men of all religious beliefs in the face of the fact that all religions except Roman Catholicism had been declared false:”
7/8 “[Pope Leo XIII] truly believed that democracy was evil, part of the “kingdom of Satan,” and that the Catholic church had a right and duty to oversee every secular government.”
8/8 “And there we have the apparently irreconcilable difference between Freemasonry and the Roman Catholic Church.”
“Those condemnations are almost totally political and economic.”
“The pope simply confused Freemasonry with all non-Catholics.”
@Mariecf17 @armygir36701799 @doqholliday Thought y’all would find these quotes of particular interest! 🙌🏻🔥
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