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Among the DBK's conclusions were that Freemasonry denies revelation, [65] and objective truth. [66] They also alleged that religious indifference is fundamental to Freemasonry, [67] and that Freemasonry is Deist, [68] and that it denies the possibility of divine revelation, [69] so threatening the respect due to the Church's teaching office. [70]
[69] Also, Freemasonry was banned in Egypt in 1964 by the order of President Nasser and in 1965 the Ba'athist government of Syria banned all lodges. [ 70 ] However, a few countries such as Turkey and Morocco have allowed establishment of Grand Lodges [ 71 ] while in countries such as Malaysia [ 72 ] and Lebanon , [ 73 ] there are District Grand ...
The occultist Aleister Crowley, who called himself "The Great Beast 666" claimed to be a Freemason, and his association with Freemasonry is one major reason why some conservative Christians see it as an occult organization. According to Martin P. Starr, all of the lodges and organizations Crowley joined and founded were considered irregular.
The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that the Catholic Church has long viewed with hostility and has an estimated global membership ...
Freemasons usually take a diametrically opposite view, stating that there is nothing in Freemasonry that is in any way contrary to Catholicism or any other religious faith. Whether Freemasonry is anticlerical often depends on how anticlericalism is defined and which branches of Freemasonry are being referred to.
Freemasonry had developed in England in the seventeenth century, but after 1715 had split into Jacobite and Hanoverian lodges. The lodge in Rome was Jacobite (pro Stuart) and mainly Catholic, but admitted Protestants, while that in Florence was Protestant Hanoverian but also admitted Catholics and atheists who supported the Whig position.
Several predominantly Muslim countries have banned Freemasonry within their borders, while others have not. Turkey and Morocco have established Grand Lodges, [191] while in countries such as Malaysia [192] [193] and Lebanon, [194] there are District Grand Lodges operating under a warrant from an established Grand Lodge.
The Letter to U.S. Bishops reiterated the Church's ban on all types of Freemasonry, [5] attaching reports analyzing the religious compatibility of Masonic and Catholic theologies. It is notable that it concentrated on the "naturalistic" beliefs of Freemasons rather than their alleged anti-clerical activities. [citation needed]