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In most jurisdictions, especially in lodges of Anglo-American Freemasonry, a Bible, Quran, Tanakh, Vedas or other appropriate sacred text will always be displayed as a VSL while the lodge is open. In Lodges with a membership of mixed religions it is common to find more than one sacred text displayed.
"there will be no new law on this matter," in the period before the 1983 Code of Canon Law is promulgated [2] "all penal canons must be interpreted strictly" [2] to reiterate, Catholic clergy, and members of religious institutes or secular institutes are expressly prohibited from Masonic membership [2] [a]
The relevance of the declaration under canon law is unclear. Canon law allows for a process by which provisions of the code are interpreted authoritatively. [4] It has been argued, however, [5] that the declaration cannot be regarded as an authoritative interpretation of canon 2335, prohibiting membership in organizations which plot against the Church, since it does not make reference to it.
A primer on freemasonry (PDF) (CBCP Media Office for the Knights of Columbus of the Philippines abridged ed.). Manila: Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Publications. ISBN 978-971-8915-23-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-07-22
The Letter to U.S. Bishops Concerning Masonry was a letter sent on April 19, 1985, by Bernard Francis Cardinal Law, Archbishop of Boston and chairman of the Committee on Pastoral Research and Practices of the United States Catholic Conference. The letter was intended to answer confusion about the admissibility of Masonic membership. [1]
There are a number of masonic manuscripts that are important in the study of the emergence of Freemasonry.Most numerous are the Old Charges or Constitutions.These documents outlined a "history" of masonry, tracing its origins to a biblical or classical root, followed by the regulations of the organisation, and the responsibilities of its different grades.
The Principles of Masonic Law, 1856; Albert Gallatin Mackey (1867). The Mystic Tie. Masonic Publishing andManufacturing Co. Encyclopedia of Freemasonry (1873; reprinted in 1878. Subsequently, enlarged and revised by other authors into several volumes after his death). His largest and most important contribution to masonic literature.
Providas Romanorum was an Apostolic constitution promulgated by Pope Benedict XIV on 18 March 1751. The constitution condemned Freemasonry on the grounds of its alleged naturalism, demand for oaths, secrecy, religious indifferentism, and possible threat to the church and state.